Pharmacokinetics of metronomic chemotherapy: a neglected but crucial aspect

G Bocci, RS Kerbel - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2016 - nature.com
Metronomic chemotherapy describes the close, regular administration of chemotherapy
drugs at less-toxic doses over prolonged periods of time. In 2015, the results of randomized …

Metronomic chemotherapy: new rationale for new directions

E Pasquier, M Kavallaris, N André - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2010 - nature.com
Tumor angiogenesis is recognized as a major therapeutic target in the fight against cancer.
The key involvement of angiogenesis in tumor growth and metastasis has started to redefine …

Metronomic chemotherapy: a systematic review of the literature and clinical experience

C Simsek, E Esin, S Yalcin - Journal of oncology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metronomic chemotherapy, continuous and dose‐dense administration of chemotherapeutic
drugs with lowered doses, is being evaluated for substituting, augmenting, or appending …

Metronomic chemotherapy for cancer treatment: a decade of clinical studies

A Romiti, MC Cox, I Sarcina, R Di Rocco… - Cancer chemotherapy …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose Over the past few years, more and more new selective molecules directed against
specific cellular targets have become available for cancer therapy, leading to impressive …

Metronomic chemotherapy

ME Cazzaniga, N Cordani, S Capici, V Cogliati, F Riva… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The present article reviews the state of the art of metronomic
chemotherapy use to treat the principal types of cancers, namely breast, non-small cell lung …

Metronomic chemotherapy from rationale to clinical studies: a dream or reality?

A Gnoni, N Silvestris, A Licchetta, D Santini… - Critical reviews in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Metronomic chemotherapy (MC) refers to the close administration of a chemotherapeutic
drug for a long time with no extended drug-free breaks. It was developed to overcome drug …

Metronomic chemotherapy: an attractive alternative to maximum tolerated dose therapy that can activate anti-tumor immunity and minimize therapeutic resistance

I Kareva, DJ Waxman, GL Klement - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
The administration of chemotherapy at reduced doses given at regular, frequent time
intervals, termed 'metronomic'chemotherapy, presents an alternative to standard maximal …

Metronomic chemotherapy: changing the paradigm that more is better

OG Scharovsky, LE Mainetti, VR Rozados - Current oncology, 2009 - mdpi.com
The introduction of the “maximum tolerated dose” in usual treatment protocols (and its
concomitant overt toxicity) made necessary the imposition of rest periods between cycles of …

Low-dose metronomic combined with intermittent bolus-dose cyclophosphamide is an effective long-term chemotherapy treatment strategy

Y Shaked, U Emmenegger, G Francia, L Chen, CR Lee… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Metronomic chemotherapy refers to the close, regular administration of comparatively low
doses of cytotoxic drugs, with minimal or no drug-free breaks, over prolonged periods. It is …

Pharmacokinetic optimisation of cancer chemotherapy: effect on outcomes

E Masson, WC Zamboni - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 1997 - Springer
Cancer chemotherapy doses are empirical in that the majority are administered at a fixed
dose (mg/m 2 or mg/kg). One reason for this is the intrinsic sensitivity of the tumour or host …