Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Camille Winnicki, Pierre Leblond, Franck Bourdeaut, Anne Pagnier, Gilles Paluenzela, Pascal Chastagner, Gwenaelle Duhil-De Benaze, Victoria Min, Helene Sudour-Bonnange, Catherine Piette, Natacha Entz-Werle, Sylvie Chabaud, Nicolas Andre
Summary: This study retrospectively analyzed pediatric patients with relapsed high-risk brain tumors treated with the METMAT or METMAT-like regimen. It found that this treatment approach can lead to sustained control of the tumors, with the best outcomes observed at first relapse.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Vikas Garg, Lalit Kumar
Summary: Translational research and targeted therapies have significantly impacted the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer. Recurrent ovarian cancer remains a challenge and requires innovative strategies. Metronomic chemotherapy, which inhibits angiogenesis and activates the immune system, has emerged as a promising approach.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Piotr J. Wysocki, Maciej T. Lubas, Malgorzata L. Wysocka
Summary: This study investigated the actual effectiveness of metronomic chemotherapy in mCRPC patients who had failed all available standard therapies, and identified the optimal metronomic regimen for heavily pretreated mCRPC patients.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Hiroshi Kikuchi, Nako Maishi, Li Yu, Zi Jia, Cong Li, Masumi Sato, Ryo Takeda, Keita Ishizuka, Yasuhiro Hida, Nobuo Shinohara, Kyoko Hida
Summary: This study found that LDM CDDP combined with MTD GEM can more effectively inhibit tumor growth and bone metastasis compared to MTD CDDP. LDM CDDP reduces the accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells, while MTD CDDP induces an inflammatory response in the tumor microenvironment.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Melgious Jin Yan Ang, Jeehyun Yoon, Mingzhu Zhou, Han-Lin Wei, Yi Yiing Goh, Zhenglin Li, Jia Feng, Haifang Wang, Qianqian Su, Derrick Sek Tong Ong, Xiaogang Liu
Summary: Nanoparticles modified with ligands can cross the blood-brain barrier, endocytose into the lysosomes of glioblastoma cells, and undergo endolysosomal escape under photochemical ionization. Metronomic chemotherapy using dual-drug-loaded nanocarriers can induce an enhanced antitumor effect 3.5 times greater than standard chemotherapy.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2022)
Review
Oncology
Marta Magdalena Fudalej, Anna Maria Badowska-Kozakiewicz
Summary: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors in the human gastrointestinal tract, with challenges such as inadequate risk stratification and drug resistance. Recent advances suggest that therapies targeting angiogenesis, immunology, and neural origin could enhance current treatment strategies. Generating miRNA networks to predict regulatory functions may aid in selecting potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets in cancer, including GIST.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Marta Banchi, Elisabetta Fini, Stefania Crucitta, Guido Bocci
Summary: Metronomic chemotherapy is a form of chemotherapy that maintains low but effective concentrations of drugs by regular administration, with the advantages of low toxicity, oral administration, and home-based treatment. It improves the quality of life for pediatric cancer patients and their caregivers and may also reduce the economic burden of pediatric anticancer therapy.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Minsik Park, Joohwan Kim, Taesam Kim, Suji Kim, Wonjin Park, Kwon-Soo Ha, Sung Hwan Cho, Moo-Ho Won, Jeong-Hyung Lee, Young-Guen Kwon, Young-Myeong Kim
Summary: The study revealed that low-dose doxorubicin can inhibit tumor growth and metastasis by inducing REDD1 expression to impair the function of tumor-associated endothelial cells. REDD1 was found to suppress the transcription of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor by inhibiting mTORC1-dependent translation, thus inhibiting tumor angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis.
EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Oncology
Marina Elena Cazzaniga, Nicoletta Cordani, Serena Capici, Viola Cogliati, Francesca Riva, Maria Grazia Cerrito
Summary: This article reviews the current state and underlying mechanisms of metronomic chemotherapy use, discussing new regimens, cancer types suitable for mCHT, and ongoing trials. It highlights that mCHT not only directly affects tumor cells, but also influences the cell microenvironment, making it a promising multi-target therapy.
Article
Oncology
Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Kelvin Yuen Kwong Chan, Terence Kin Wah Lee
Summary: This scientometric study provides a comprehensive overview of the global research landscape of Metronomic Chemotherapy from 2000 to 2022. It identifies key trends, collaborations, and potential opportunities using a data-driven approach. The United States, Italy, and China are the major contributors to MC research, while there is a lack of collaborative efforts between countries and organizations. The study highlights emerging interdisciplinary research areas and influential authors, institutions, and journals.
Article
Cell Biology
Anna Julia Wiecek, Daniel Hadar Jacobson, Wojciech Lason, Maria Secrier
Summary: Our study reveals that immune and angiogenic dormancy-like signals are present in 16.5% of bulk sequenced tumors, with a frequency of up to 33% in certain tissues. Mutations in the CASP8 and HRAS oncogenes are positively selected in dormant tumors, indicating an evolutionary pressure for controlling cell growth/apoptosis signals. Patterns of aging-induced mutations were relatively depleted in these tumors, while smoking and defective base excision repair were linked with increased tumor mass dormancy.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Syed Ahmer Hamid, Nida Zia, Sidra Maqsood, Naila Rafiq, Mushkbar Fatima, Yumna Syed, Uri Tabori, Ute Bartels, Cynthia Hawkins, Annie Huang, Vijay Ramsawami, Naureen Mushtaq, Eric Bouffet
Summary: This study introduced a dedicated pediatric neuro-oncology service and found that it can improve the proportion of patients treated with curative intent and survival rates. It also increases the patient volume and the percentage of children receiving radiation therapy.
PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Elena Lygina, Daria Morgacheva, Avinash Khadela, Humzah Postwala, Yesha Shah, Yulia Dinikina
Summary: Medulloblastoma (MB) is a common pediatric malignant tumor with unknown etiology and variable prognosis. Relapsed or refractory MB in pediatric patients after intensive anticancer therapy is associated with poor survival prognosis. Metronomic chemotherapy in combination with mTOR inhibitors has advantages as an alternative mechanism of cytotoxicity with minimal adverse effects, making it a promising treatment option regardless of molecular targets. This study reports a successful outcome of this treatment in a relapsed MB pediatric patient, highlighting its advantages for selected individuals.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Benjamin Carcamo, Giulio Francia
Summary: This study presents a retrospective case series of six Hispanic children with tumors who were treated with metronomic chemotherapy. The results show that the patients responded to metronomic therapy with only minor hematologic toxicity.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Georgia Gomatou, Nikolaos Syrigos, Ioannis A. Vathiotis, Elias A. Kotteas
Summary: Tumor dormancy is a critical stage of cancer development where tumor cells are present but cancer does not progress. It involves both cellular and tumor mass dormancy, which are fundamental in preventing recurrence and maximizing therapeutic benefit.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Oncology
Simon Bailey, Nicolas Andre, Lorenza Gandola, Maura Massimino, Stefan Rutkowski, Steven C. Clifford
Summary: Patients with medulloblastoma are treated based on risk stratification, with the first international biomarker-driven, randomised clinical trial for high-risk medulloblastoma currently being conducted in Europe. The trial aims to recruit over 800 patients and assess the relative efficacies of different established regimens.
Article
Oncology
Charles de Marcellus, Arnault Tauziede-Espariat, Aurelie Cuinet, Claudia Pasqualini, Matthieu P. Robert, Kevin Beccaria, Stephanie Puget, Nathalie Boddaert, Dominique Figarella-Branger, Emilie De Carli, Franck Bourdeaut, Pierre Leblond, Fanny Fouyssac, Nicolas Andre, Anne Bertozzi, Thibaut Butel, Christelle Dufour, Dominique Valteau-Couanet, Pascale Varlet, Jacques Grill
Summary: This retrospective analysis evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of irinotecan-bevacizumab combination therapy in children with low-grade glioma (LGG). The results showed that the treatment was effective in stabilizing the disease in 96% of patients, but the response was not sustainable, especially in younger children. The most frequent toxicities were related to bevacizumab and irinotecan.
JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY
(2022)
Letter
Oncology
Gauthier Toutain, Victoria Min, Angelique Rome, Nicolas Andre
PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Fanny Cahn, Gabriel Revon-Riviere, Victoria Min, Angelique Rome, Pauline Filaine, Annick Pelletier, Sylvie Abed, Jean-Claude Gentet, Arnauld Verschuur, Nicolas Andre
Summary: This study retrospectively analyzed the feasibility and results of tumor molecular profiling using liquid biopsy in pediatric oncology patients. The results showed that this method was feasible in pediatric patients and successfully identified actionable mutations in a subset of patients.
Letter
Oncology
Nicolas Andre
PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Evangeline R. Jackson, Ryan J. Duchatel, Dilana E. Staudt, Mika L. Persson, Abdul Mannan, Sridevi Yadavilli, Sarah Parackal, Shaye Game, Wai Chin Chong, W. Samantha N. Jayasekara, Marion Le Grand, Padraic S. Kearney, Alicia M. Douglas, Izac J. Findlay, Zacary P. Germon, Holly P. McEwen, Tyrone S. Beitaki, Adjanie Patabendige, David A. Skerrett-Byrne, Brett Nixon, Nathan D. Smith, Bryan Day, Neevika Manoharan, Sumanth Nagabushan, Jordan R. Hansford, Dinisha Govender, Geoff B. McCowage, Ron Firestein, Meegan Howlett, Raelene Endersby, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Frank Alvaro, Sebastian M. Waszak, Martin R. Larsen, Yolanda Colino-Sanguino, Fatima Valdes-Mora, Andria Rakotomalala, Samuel Meignan, Eddy Pasquier, Nicolas Andre, Esther Hulleman, David D. Eisenstat, Nicholas A. Vitanza, Javad Nazarian, Carl Koschmann, Sabine Mueller, Jason E. Cain, Matthew D. Dun
Summary: Diffuse midline gliomas are highly lethal childhood cancers. Palliative radiotherapy is the only established treatment with limited survival benefits. ONC201, a combination of a DRD2 antagonist and ClpP agonist, has shown promising preclinical and emerging clinical efficacy in treating diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms of response, the impact of recurring genomic features, and the potential combination therapy with a brain penetrant PI3K/Akt inhibitor, paxalisib.
Article
Oncology
Eric Moreddu, Nicolas Andre, Romain Appay
Summary: We report two cases of pediatric mammary-analog secretory carcinoma (MASC) in which the diagnosis was challenging, but achieved by identifying the ETV6::NTRK3 fusion transcript. Both patients, a male operated on at age 8 and a female operated on at 12, are in remission 2 years after surgery. Considering the successful results of TRK inhibitor treatments in adult MASC and pediatric tumors expressing an ETV6::NTRK3 fusion, they should probably be recommended as the first-line treatment in cases with potential serious sequelae or metastatic disease that require surgery.
PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Camille Winnicki, Pierre Leblond, Franck Bourdeaut, Anne Pagnier, Gilles Paluenzela, Pascal Chastagner, Gwenaelle Duhil-De Benaze, Victoria Min, Helene Sudour-Bonnange, Catherine Piette, Natacha Entz-Werle, Sylvie Chabaud, Nicolas Andre
Summary: This study retrospectively analyzed pediatric patients with relapsed high-risk brain tumors treated with the METMAT or METMAT-like regimen. It found that this treatment approach can lead to sustained control of the tumors, with the best outcomes observed at first relapse.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Pierre Leblond, Emmanuelle Tresch-Bruneel, Alicia Probst, Nadege Neant, Caroline Solas, Arthur Sterin, Thomas Boulanger, Isabelle Aerts, Cecile Faure-Conter, Anne-Isabelle Bertozzi, Pascal Chastagner, Natacha Entz-Werle, Emilie De Carli, Marie-Cecile Le Deley, Gauthier Bouche, Nicolas Andre
Summary: This study tested the repurposing of two non-anticancer drugs to provide less toxic therapeutic options for children with gliomas. The recommended phase II dose of fluvastatin in combination with celecoxib for children with gliomas is 6mg/kg/day, with a fixed daily dose of celecoxib depending on weight. This combination may be explored as a maintenance treatment in low-grade glioma patients to delay tumor recurrence.
Article
Immunology
Caroline Donze, Victoria Min, Laetitia Ninove, Xavier de Lamballerie, Gabriel Revon Riviere, Arnauld Verschuur, Paul Saultier, Nicolas Andre
Summary: This study evaluated the adverse effects and immunological response associated with BNT162B2 vaccination in children and young adults with cancer. The results showed that most patients had an increase in antibody levels and the vaccine was effective in neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In addition, COVID-19 infections after vaccination were mild in all cases.
Letter
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Birgit Geoerger, Xavier Paoletti, Francisco Bautista, Susanne A. Gatz, Lynley V. Marshall, Nicolas Andre, Pablo Berlanga, Stephane Ducassou, Claudia Pasqualini, Michela Casanova, C. Michel Zwaan, Karsten Nysom, Jonathan Rubino, Delphine Vuillier-Le Goff, Baptiste Archambaud, Samuel Abbou, Gudrun Schleiermacher, Christelle Dufour, Patricia Blanc, Natalie Hoog-Labouret, Agnes Buzyn, Gilles Vassal
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jeremy Ariey-Bonnet, Raphael Berges, Marie-Pierre Montero, Baptiste Mouysset, Patricia Piris, Kevin Muller, Guillaume Pinna, Tim W. Failes, Greg M. Arndt, Philippe Morando, Nathalie Baeza-Kallee, Carole Colin, Olivier Chinot, Diane Braguer, Xavier Morelli, Nicolas Andre, Manon Carre, Emeline Tabouret, Dominique Figarella-Branger, Marion Le Grand, Eddy Pasquier
Summary: This study identified targetable vulnerabilities in glioblastoma using high-throughput screening, target deconvolution, and functional genomics. They validated the role of the top gene hit and discovered pharmacological synergisms through drug combination screens. The efficacy of the AURKA/BET inhibitor combination in glioblastoma was confirmed in pre-clinical models.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Patricia Piris, Duje Buric, Toshihide Yamasaki, Paul Huchede, Mailys Rossi, Melanie Matteudi, Marie-Pierre Montero, Anne Rodallec, Romain Appay, Christine Roux, Sebastien Combes, Eddy Pasquier, Marie Castets, Nicolas Andre, Paul Bremond, Manon Carre
Summary: Brain tumors, particularly glioblastoma and medulloblastoma, are highly lethal and difficult to treat. This study presents a novel approach using alkoxyamines and a bioconjugate called ALK4-MMPp to inhibit the progression of these tumors. The compounds showed promising results in in vitro and in vivo experiments, suggesting their potential as effective anticancer drug candidates. The study also developed innovative models to monitor treatment response and demonstrated the selective targeting of tumor cells without significant damage to normal brain tissue.
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
Andria Rakotomalala, Paul Lewandowski, Quentin Bailleul, Clara Savary, Melanie Arcicasa, Christine Bal, Maud Hamadou, Paul Huchede, Audrey Restouin, Remy Castellano, Yves Collette, Audrey Vincent, Pierre-Olivier Angrand, Eric Adriaenssens, Xuefen Le Bourhis, Pierre Leblond, Marie Castets, Eddy Pasquier, Alessandro Furlan, Samuel Meignan
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
Izac Findlay, Dilana Staudt, Padraic Kearney, Holly McEwen, Ryan Duchatel, Evangeline Jackson, Tyrone Beitaki, Nathan Smith, Nicholas Vitanza, Ron Firestein, Jason Cain, Sabine Mueller, Eddy Pasquier, Carl Koschmann, Esther Hulleman, Javad Nazarian, Mitchell Hansen, Frank Alvaro, Melissa Davis, Sebastian Waszak, Matthew Dun