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ArticleBMC cancer2015

Long-lasting activity of trabectedin in refractory uterine leiomyosarcoma: a case report.

Alberto Bongiovanni, Nada Riva, Marianna Ricci, Laura Mercatali, Chiara Liverani, Federico La Manna, Alessandro De Vita, Davide Cavaliere, Federica Pieri, Devil Oboldi and 3 more

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Article in BMC cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alberto BongiovanniOsteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. alberto.bongiovanni@irst.emr.it.
Nada RivaOsteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. nada.riva@irst.emr.it.
Marianna RicciOsteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. marianna.ricci@irst.emr.it.
Laura MercataliOsteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. laura.mercatali@irst.emr.it.
Chiara LiveraniOsteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. chiara.liverani@irst.emr.it.
Federico La MannaOsteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. federico.lamanna@irst.emr.it.
Alessandro De VitaOsteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. alessandro.devita@irst.emr.it.
Davide CavaliereUnit of Surgery and Advanced Oncologic Therapies, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy. d.cavaliere@ausl.fo.it.
Federica PieriPathology Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy. f.pieri@ausl.fo.it.
Devil OboldiRadiology Unit, IRST IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. devil.oboldi@irst.emr.it.
Giorgio Maria VerdecchiaUnit of Surgery and Advanced Oncologic Therapies, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy. gmverdecchia@gmail.com.
Dino AmadoriOsteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. dino.amadori@irst.emr.it.
Toni IbrahimOsteoncology and Rare Tumors Center, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy. toni.ibrahim@irst.emr.it.
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITIstituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori · ITOspedale G.B. Morgagni - L.Pierantoni · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLeiomyosarcoma (LMS) is an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma derived from smooth muscle cells typically of uterine, gastrointestinal or soft tissue origin. The prognosis for this tumor is poor, with survival rates among the lowest of all soft tissue sarcomas. Surgery is the best approach for localized disease. The principal role of chemotherapy is prevalently in the treatment of metastatic disease. Trabectedin, a promising new DNA-damaging agent with a mechanism of action that differs from that of traditional alkylating agents, has been approved in Europe for the treatment of patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma after failure of anthracyclines and ifosfamide, CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 53-year-old woman with metastatic well differentiated uterine leiomyosarcoma refractory to multiple treatments who underwent 22 cycles of trabectedin over 30 months, obtaining a partial response according to RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors) criteria, with good tolerability, and maintaining the response for 10 months after trebectedin withdrawal.

conclusionThis very prolonged response, which persisted after drug discontinuation, suggests that trabectedin exerts an oncostatic effect rather than the cytotoxic one produced by other chemotherapeutic agents. Our experience also raises the question of the best way to evaluate trabectedin efficacy.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingDioxolesFemaleHumansLeiomyosarcomaMiddle AgedTetrahydroisoquinolinesTrabectedinTreatment OutcomeUterine NeoplasmsAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingDioxolesTetrahydroisoquinolinesTrabectedin

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PMID26695071
PMCPMC4689051
OpenAlexW2205817527

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