Chemotherapy resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer: Mechanisms and emerging treatments

C Marchetti, F De Felice, A Romito, V Iacobelli… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ovarian cancer (OC) remains a fatal malignancy because most patients experience
recurrent disease, which is resistant to chemotherapy. The outcomes for patients with …

Molecular characterization of epithelial ovarian cancer: implications for diagnosis and treatment

V Rojas, KM Hirshfield, S Ganesan… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Epithelial ovarian cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease characterized by multiple
histological subtypes. Molecular diversity has been shown to occur within specific …

Targeted therapies in gynecological cancers: A comprehensive review of clinical evidence

Q Wang, H Peng, X Qi, M Wu, X Zhao - Signal Transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Advanced and recurrent gynecological cancers are associated with poor prognosis and lack
of effective treatment. The developments of the molecular mechanisms on cancer …

Phase II study of the antibody drug conjugate trastuzumab-DM1 for the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive breast cancer after …

HA Burris III, HS Rugo, SJ Vukelja, CL Vogel… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab-DM1 (T-DM1) combines the biologic
activity of trastuzumab with targeted delivery of a potent antimicrotubule agent, DM1, to …

PI3K inhibition results in enhanced HER signaling and acquired ERK dependency in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer

V Serra, M Scaltriti, L Prudkin, PJA Eichhorn… - Oncogene, 2011 - nature.com
There is a strong rationale to therapeutically target the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein
kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/AKT/mTOR) pathway in breast cancer since …

Transcriptional and posttranslational up-regulation of HER3 (ErbB3) compensates for inhibition of the HER2 tyrosine kinase

JT Garrett, MG Olivares, C Rinehart… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Sustained and complete inhibition of HER3 and its output to PI3K/Akt are required for the
optimal antitumor effect of therapeutic inhibitors of the HER2 oncogene. Here, we show that …

Immunotherapy in ovarian cancer

GM Mantia-Smaldone, B Corr… - Human vaccines & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Ovarian cancer is the most deadly gynecologic malignancy, with more than 15,000 deaths
anticipated in 2012.1 While approximately 80% of patients will respond to frontline …

A phase II study of trastuzumab emtansine in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–positive metastatic breast cancer who were previously treated …

IE Krop, P LoRusso, KD Miller, S Modi… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To determine whether the antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab emtansine (T-
DM1), which combines human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–targeted delivery …

Feedback upregulation of HER3 (ErbB3) expression and activity attenuates antitumor effect of PI3K inhibitors

A Chakrabarty, V Sánchez, MG Kuba… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
We examined the effects of an inhibitor of PI3K, XL147, against human breast cancer cell
lines with constitutive PI3K activation. Treatment with XL147 resulted in dose-dependent …

HER2 aberrations in cancer: implications for therapy

M Yan, BA Parker, R Schwab, R Kurzrock - Cancer treatment reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Although anti-HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) therapy is currently
approved for breast, gastric, and gastroesophageal cancers overexpressing the HER2 …