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SynthesisOncotarget2016

mTOR inhibitors, a new era for metastatic luminal HER2-negative breast cancer? A systematic review and a meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Maria Saveria Rotundo, Teresa Galeano, Pierfrancesco Tassone, Pierosandro Tagliaferri

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Synthesis in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Emerging ways to treat breast cancer: will promises be met?Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Maria Saveria RotundoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Medical Oncology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, Italy.
Teresa GaleanoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Medical Oncology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, Italy.
Pierfrancesco TassoneDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Translational Medical Oncology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, Italy.
Pierosandro TagliaferriDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Medical Oncology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated if standard hormonal therapy (HT) could be improved by the addition of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors (mTOR-I) in metastatic luminal breast cancer. A meta-analysis on 4 phase II-III randomized clinical trials was performed. Pooled hazard ratio (HR) for progression free survival (PFS)/ time to progression (TTP) was 0.62 in favor of mTOR-I+HT arm (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.55-0.70; p<0.0001). There was significant heterogeneity for PFS/TTP (Cochran's Q 32, p<0.0001, I2 index 90.6%). Pooled HR for overall survival (OS) was 0.84 in favor of the combination arm (95% CI 0.71-0.99; p=0.04). Heterogeneity was not significant (Cochran's Q 4.47, p=0.1, I2 index 55.3%). Pooled risk ratio (RR) for objective response rate (ORR) was 0.88 in favor of experimental arm (95% CI 0.85-0.91; p<0.0001). Heterogeneity was not significant (Cochran's Q 2.11, p=0.3, I2 index 5.2%). Adverse events (AEs), in particular those of grade 3-4, mostly occurred in mTOR-I+HT arm. Combination therapy of HT plus mTOR-I improves the outcome of metastatic luminal breast cancer patients. Our results provide evidence of a class-effect of these targeting molecules.

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Antineoplastic Agents, HormonalAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsClinical Trials, Phase II as TopicClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicDisease-Free SurvivalErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesHumansNeoplasm MetastasisOutcome Assessment, Health CareProportional Hazards ModelsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSirolimusTamoxifenTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesMTOR protein, humanSirolimusTamoxifenTOR Serine-Threonine Kinaseshormonal therapyluminal breast cancermeta-analysismetastatic breast cancermTOR inhibitor

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PMID26895472
PMCPMC5053632

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