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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2021

Effects of Inositol Hexaphosphate and Myo-Inositol Administration in Breast Cancer Patients during Adjuvant Chemotherapy.

Maria Ida Amabile, Alessandro De Luca, Domenico Tripodi, Elena D'Alberti, Rossella Melcarne, Giovanni Imbimbo, Orietta Picconi, Vito D'Andrea, Massimo Vergine, Salvatore Sorrenti and 1 more

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Ida AmabileDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1294-9403
Alessandro De LucaDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0897-3547
Domenico TripodiDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4190-8168
Elena D'AlbertiDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Rossella MelcarneDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Giovanni ImbimboDepartment of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Orietta PicconiNational HIV/AIDS Research Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Vito D'AndreaDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5709-2530
Massimo VergineDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Salvatore SorrentiDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Alessio MolfinoDepartment of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · ITIstituto Superiore di Sanità · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTreatment of breast cancer (BC) includes locoregional and systemic therapies depending on tumor and patient's characteristics. Inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) is known as a strong antioxidant agent, able to improve local (i.e., breast region) side effects, functional status and quality-of-life. We investigated some potential beneficial effects, including hematological and local, of the combined therapy with oral myo-inositol administration and topical IP6 application in patients undergoing surgery for BC and eligible to adjuvant chemotherapy.

methodsWe considered BC patients randomly assigned to the Inositol Group (oral myo-inositol + IP6 local application for the entire neoadjuvant treatment period) and to the Control Group (standard of care). The EORTC QLQ-BR23 and QLQ-C30 questionnaires were administered to both groups and blood parameters were assessed as per clinical routine practice at baseline (before starting adjuvant chemotherapy), T1 (after the first two doses of epirubicin-cyclophosphamide regimen), T2 (at the end of epirubicin-cyclophosphamide regimen), T3 (after the first six doses of paclitaxel regimen), and T4 (at the end of the paclitaxel treatment).

resultsA total of 36 BC patients were considered, 18 in the Inositol Group and 18 in the Control Group. The Inositol Group showed a lower decrease in red blood cells, hemoglobin levels and white blood cells with respect to controls (

conclusionsIn our cohort of BC patients, a combined treatment with oral myo-inositol + IP6 local application was able to improve local symptoms and quality-of-life related symptoms which represent clinically relevant aspects associated with patient's prognosis.

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adjuvant chemotherapybreast cancerbreast surgeryinositol hexaphosphatemyo-inositolquality of life

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