Ten evaluable patients with progressive ovarian adenocarcinoma received third-line chemotherapy consisting of weekly cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum[II]) at a dose of 1 mg/kg weekly for a maximum of 6 weeks followed by 60 mg/m2 every 3 weeks. There was no life-threatening toxicity. Seven patients (70%) achieved an objective partial response. This is the highest response rate achieved, to date, by third-line chemotherapy in women with advanced ovarian adenocarcinoma. Weekly cisplatin therefore warrants a trial as first-line therapy.
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Viruses
January 2025
Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management, Yaoundé P.O. Box 3077, Cameroon.
Islatravir (ISL) is a novel antiretroviral that inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptase translocation. The M184V mutation, known to reduce ISL's viral susceptibility in vitro, could arise from prolonged exposure to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) (3TC). This study evaluated the predictive efficacy of ISL and identified potentially active antiretrovirals in combination among treatment-experienced patients in Cameroon, where NRTIs (3TC) have been the backbone of ART for decades now.
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Operative Research Unit of Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy; Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Roma, Italy.
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January 2025
Institut Curie, Institut du Thorax, Paris, France.
Introduction: Pralsetinib is a RET inhibitor found to have antitumor activity in advanced, metastatic, fusion-positive NSCLC.
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February 2025
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Divisione di Ematologia e terapie cellulari, Irccs Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova.
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