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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2020

Clinical Outcome of Systemic Treatment for Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Real-Life Perspective in Japan.

Tomoki Nakamura, Kunihiro Asanuma, Tomohito Hagi, Akihiro Sudo

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomoki NakamuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1099-7436
Kunihiro AsanumaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1244-0236
Tomohito HagiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8763-1515
Akihiro SudoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
Mie University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe median survival time of patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is typically <12 months. Since 2012, physicians were able to administer second- and/or third-line treatment easily in Japan, following the approval of new drugs, namely, pazopanib, eribulin, and trabectedin. We investigated the real-life experience of adults with advanced STS who received systemic therapy after the approval of the aforementioned new drugs. PATIENTS AND

methodsWe retrospectively evaluated 34 patients (median age: 66 years) with primary STS arising at the extremities/trunk or unresectable local and/or metastatic STS between 2012 and 2019. We evaluated the tumor response and patient survival after initial systemic treatment.

resultsAs first-line treatment, doxorubicin and ifosfamide and other drugs were administered to 7 and 27 patients, respectively. Of 31 patients with an evaluable tumor response, partial response was observed in 2 (6.5%) patients, and 16 (52%) patients showed stable disease at 8 weeks. The 1- and 2-year survival rates were 51.4% and 28.4%, respectively. The median overall survival (OS) time was 12.6 months. Tumor response to first-line therapy was related to patient prognosis.

conclusionNew drugs may be beneficial for patients with advanced STS. When patients cannot receive anthracycline-based chemotherapy because of a high risk of side effects, we believe that the aforementioned drugs may be administered as the first-line treatment.

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