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ReviewAnnals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology2016

Anti-angiogenic agents in ovarian cancer: past, present, and future.

B J Monk, L E Minion, R L Coleman

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Review in Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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90citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
21.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 181 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

B J MonkDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Creighton University School of Medicine at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix bradley.monk@chw.edu.
L E MinionDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Creighton University School of Medicine at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix.
R L ColemanDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
Creighton University · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON SPORE IN OVARIAN CANCERP50CA083639 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BAST, ROBERT C · 1999 to 2015
$33.0M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA083639
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiogenesis plays a pivotal role in normal ovarian physiology as well as in the progression of ovarian cancer through ascites formation and metastatic spread. Bevacizumab (Avastin(®), Genentech; South San Francisco, CA, USA), a humanized anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) monoclonal antibody, is the most widely studied anti-angiogenesis agent both across tumor types and specifically in epithelial ovarian cancer. In 2005, single-agent bevacizumab at 15 mg/kg (IV) every 3 weeks was first reported to be active in a case of recurrent high-grade serous ovarian cancer after failing 11th line cytotoxic treatment. Since then, many case series, phase II and phase III trials have confirmed these results leading to regulatory approval in most countries including the US Food and Drug Administration in 2014. Guidelines now give clear recommendations as to when and how bevacizumab should be integrated into the ovarian cancer treatment paradigm. Other anti-VEGF agents such as the VEGF receptor (VEGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors have not shown increased activity or reduced toxicity relative to bevacizumab. However, anti-angiogenics other than anti-VEGF/VEGFR agents such as those targeting Angiopoietin-1 and -2 are in development as well as novel combinations with vascular disrupting agents (VDAs), PARP inhibitors and immune checkpoint inhibitors. Clearly, the benefits of anti-angiogenic agents such as bevacizumab must be carefully weighed against the cost and associated toxicities. Although almost all patients with ovarian cancer will receive an anti-angiogenic compound, cures are not increased. Predictive biomarkers are an urgent unmet need.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicFemaleHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyNeovascularization, PathologicOvarian NeoplasmsSignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeAngiogenesis Inhibitorsbevacizumabcediranibfosbretabulinnintedanibpazopanibtrebananib

Identifiers

PMID27141068
PMCPMC6283356
OpenAlexW2344322811

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