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SynthesisDer Urologe. Ausg. A2008

[Value of targeted therapy for penile cancer].

A Heidenreich, D Thüer, D Pfister

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Synthesis in Der Urologe. Ausg. A, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Penile cancer: epidemiology and treatment.Current oncology reports · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A HeidenreichKlinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Bereich Urologische Onkologie, Uniklinik, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937 Köln, Deutschland. axel.heidenreich@uk-koeln.de
D Thüer
D Pfister
Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With an incidence of 0.1-0.9/100,000 men/year, penile cancer is a rare cancer of the urogenital tract in Western Europe. At the time of initial diagnosis up to 45% of the patients already demonstrate metastatic disease and need some type of systemic treatment. Objective remission rates and 3-year survival rates of 30 and < 10%, respectively, are depressingly low. Identification of molecular targets for the introduction of molecular triggered therapies such as monoclonal antibodies and tyrosine kinase inhibitors might improve the poor prognosis and could replace non-targeted systemic chemotherapies with a less toxic targeted therapy.However, a MEDLINE search does not identify any current clinical trial with regard to targeted therapeutic approaches in penile cancer. Based on a systematic review of the molecular events involved in the metastatic process of penile cancer, therapeutic approaches with bevacizumab or COX-2 inhibitors appear to have the greatest potential to improve the prognosis. In order to perform a prospective clinical phase 2/3 trial in such a low frequency cancer, international cooperative structures have to be established.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsChemotherapy, AdjuvantCyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesErbB ReceptorsHumansMaleNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm StagingPenile NeoplasmsProtein-Tyrosine KinasesSurvival RateVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsCyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsEGFR protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesErbB ReceptorsProtein-Tyrosine KinasesVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID18587553
OpenAlexW1486542878

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