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Trial reportClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2013

Lack of Bax expression is associated with irinotecan-based treatment activity in advanced colorectal cancer patients.

F Pietrantonio, P Biondani, M Milione, F Melotti, G Bertarelli, F Perrone, F de Braud, L Mariani, G Fanetti, D Cortinovis and 1 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Role of BAX for outcome prediction in gastrointestinal malignancies.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

F PietrantonioMedical Oncology Unit 1, Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133, Milan, Italy. filippo.pietrantonio@istitutotumori.mi.it
P Biondani
M Milione
F Melotti
G Bertarelli
F Perrone
F de Braud
L Mariani
G Fanetti
D Cortinovis
M Di Bartolomeo
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITAzienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCurrently, first-line chemotherapy in advanced colorectal cancer is not tailored on predictive biomarkers. Bax proapoptotic protein may correlate to chemosensitivity and differential response to irinotecan or oxaliplatin-based combinations.

methodsBax expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry in 49 advanced colorectal cancer patients enrolled at our institution from 2002 to 2004 within a multicenter, phase II, randomized trial of first-line UFT/leucovorin/irinotecan (TEGAFIRI) versus UFT/leucovorin/oxaliplatin (TEGAFOX).

resultsBax-positive and negative samples were 49 and 51 %. Response was significantly lower in Bax positive (25 %) as compared to Bax negative (56 %) (Odds ratio = 0.26; p = 0.03). No significant difference was noted in TEGAFOX subgroup; in TEGAFIRI arm, responses were lower in Bax positive (18 %) than Bax negative (67 %) (Odds ratio = 0.11; p = 0.03). No difference in terms of progression-free and overall survival was observed according to Bax.

conclusionBax-negative colorectal cancer may identify a specific phenotype of patients with significantly higher chance to respond to doublet irinotecan-based chemotherapy.

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AdultAgedAntineoplastic Agentsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinCamptothecinColorectal NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryIrinotecanLeucovorinMaleMiddle AgedAntineoplastic Agentsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinCamptothecinIrinotecanLeucovorin

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PMID23180349
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