Gastric cancer treatment: recent progress and future perspectives

WL Guan, Y He, RH Xu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2023 - Springer
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Most patients are
diagnosed at advanced stages due to the subtle symptoms of earlier disease and the low …

Advances in targeted therapy for esophageal cancer

YM Yang, P Hong, WW Xu, QY He, B Li - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the most lethal cancers in the world, and its morbidity and
mortality rates rank among the top ten in China. Currently, surgical resection, radiotherapy …

Neoadjuvant therapy with immune checkpoint blockade, antiangiogenesis, and chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer

S Li, W Yu, F Xie, H Luo, Z Liu, W Lv, D Shi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite neoadjuvant/conversion chemotherapy, the prognosis of cT4a/bN+ gastric cancer is
poor. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and antiangiogenic agents have shown activity in …

PRODIGY: a phase III study of neoadjuvant docetaxel, oxaliplatin, and S-1 plus surgery and adjuvant S-1 versus surgery and adjuvant S-1 for resectable advanced …

YK Kang, JH Yook, YK Park, JS Lee, YW Kim… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Adjuvant chemotherapy after D2 gastrectomy is standard for resectable locally
advanced gastric cancer (LAGC) in Asia. Based on positive findings for perioperative …

Perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel versus fluorouracil or capecitabine plus cisplatin and epirubicin for locally …

SE Al-Batran, N Homann, C Pauligk, TO Goetze… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Docetaxel-based chemotherapy is effective in metastatic gastric and gastro-
oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. This study reports on the safety and efficacy of the …

[HTML][HTML] Tislelizumab combined with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy for surgically resectable esophageal cancer: A prospective, single-arm, phase II study (TD …

X Yan, H Duan, Y Ni, Y Zhou, X Wang, H Qi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Clinical benefit of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in resectable esophageal
squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). remains unclear. This study evaluated the efficacy and …

[PDF][PDF] Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-key factor in normal and pathological angiogenesis

CS Melincovici, AB Boşca, S Şuşman… - Rom J Morphol …, 2018 - rjme.ro
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) represents a growth factor with important pro-
angiogenic activity, having a mitogenic and an anti-apoptotic effect on endothelial cells …

Neoadjuvant atezolizumab plus chemotherapy in gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: the phase 2 PANDA trial

YL Verschoor, J van de Haar, JG van den Berg… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Gastric and gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancers carry a poor prognosis, and despite
recent advancements, most patients die of their disease. Although immune checkpoint …

Vessel co-option in cancer

EA Kuczynski, PB Vermeulen, F Pezzella… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
All solid tumours require a vascular supply in order to progress. Although the ability to
induce angiogenesis (new blood vessel growth) has long been regarded as essential to this …

Chemotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy after surgery and preoperative chemotherapy for resectable gastric cancer (CRITICS): an international, open-label …

A Cats, EPM Jansen, NCT van Grieken… - The lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Both perioperative chemotherapy and postoperative chemoradiotherapy
improve survival in patients with resectable gastric cancer from Europe and North America …