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ReviewAdvances in therapy2017

Systemic Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Proposals for the Optimal Use of Pazopanib, Trabectedin, and Eribulin.

Akira Kawai, Kan Yonemori, Shunji Takahashi, Nobuhito Araki, Takafumi Ueda

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Review in Advances in therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Akira KawaiDepartment of Musculoskeletal Oncology and Rehabilitation Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. akawai@ncc.go.jp.
Kan YonemoriDepartment of Breast and Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Shunji TakahashiDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
Nobuhito ArakiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Prefectural Hospital Organization, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.
Takafumi UedaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases · JPOsaka National Hospital · JPThe Cancer Institute Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is a rare tumor with more than 50 histologic subtypes. Although treatment outcomes for patients with STS have improved greatly over the past few decades owing to the adoption of a multidisciplinary approach, patients with advanced disease have a poor prognosis. The development of anticancer drugs has been directed toward improving overall survival (OS). Doxorubicin monotherapy is currently the only standard option for the first-line treatment of STS. However, there is no standard therapy for second-line and later treatment at present. Since 2012, three anticancer drugs-pazopanib, trabectedin, and eribulin-have been approved in Japan for the second-line or later treatment of patients with advanced STS of any histologic subtype. However, the chemosensitivity of STS to each of these drugs varies by histologic subtype and their safety profiles differ; thus, histologic subtype and patient characteristics must be considered when determining optimal treatment. In this article, we review data from clinical studies related to the efficacy of all three drugs, including their effect on OS, and propose optimal treatment strategies for advanced STS by histologic subtype. In addition, with regard to the safety profiles, we highlight the key issues to be considered when selecting patients for treatment with pazopanib, trabectedin, or eribulin and ensuring their appropriate use, based on our combined clinical experience as specialists in the treatment of patients with STS. The proposed treatment strategies as well as treatment precautions based on clinical experience would benefit patients by maximizing the therapeutic effects and enhancing the proper use of these drugs.

fundingEisai Co., Ltd.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingDioxolesFuransHumansIndazolesJapanKetonesPolyether PolyketidesPyrimidinesSarcomaSulfonamidesTetrahydroisoquinolinesTrabectedinAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingDioxoleseribulinFuransIndazolesKetonespazopanibPolyether PolyketidesPyrimidinesSulfonamidesTetrahydroisoquinolinesTrabectedinEribulinEvidence-based medicineJapanLeiomyosarcomaLiposarcomaOptimal usePazopanibProper useSoft tissue sarcomaTrabectedin

Identifiers

PMID28547734
PMCPMC5504216
OpenAlexW2620510751

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