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Gao Q, Yao Y, Xu Q. Guideline and Implementation of Osteosarcoma Nursing Care for Children and Adolescents. Appl Bionics Biomech 2022; 2022:2021162. [PMID: 36267672 PMCID: PMC9578899 DOI: 10.1155/2022/2021162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Clinical trials on pediatric oncology use therapeutic techniques with the overwhelming majority of children's cancer patients obtaining therapy via clinical investigation procedures. Medical treatment is scheduled according to a specific protocol for enrolled patients. These protocols often do not refer to nursing care. Nursing care, on the other hand, must complement the medical care specified in the medical research protocol. Safe treatment administration, assessment of treatment responses, patients' and families' education, and communication with the whole medical team are just a few of the critical nursing tasks that should be properly managed. Nursing care standards have been developed in this study to strike a good balance between the procedure for clinical research and the nursing care connected with it. These recommendations outline the nursing activities and considerations that must be made while caring for pediatric cancer patients who are engaged in a specific clinical investigation procedure. The objective of this study is to outline the procedure through which nursing care guidelines could be developed and evaluated. The goal of this study was to find out the involvement of nurses in the process of health education for osteosarcoma and family patients.
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- Qian Gao
- Nursing Department, Department of Bone Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310009, China
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- Nursing Department, Department of Bone Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310009, China
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- Nursing Department, Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310009, China
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Anderson PM, Thomas SM, Sartoski S, Scott JG, Sobilo K, Bewley S, Salvador LK, Salazar-Abshire M. Strategies to Mitigate Chemotherapy and Radiation Toxicities That Affect Eating. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13124397. [PMID: 34959948 PMCID: PMC8706251 DOI: 10.3390/nu13124397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Background: Cancer and its therapy is commonly associated with a variety of side effects that impact eating behaviors that reduce nutritional intake. This review will outline potential causes of chemotherapy and radiation damage as well as approaches for the amelioration of the side effects of cancer during therapy. Methods: Information for clinicians, patients, and their caregivers about toxicity mitigation including nausea reduction, damage to epithelial structures such as skin and mucosa, organ toxicity, and education is reviewed. Results: How to anticipate, reduce, and prevent some toxicities encountered during chemotherapy and radiation is detailed with the goal to improve eating behaviors. Strategies for health care professionals, caregivers, and patients to consider include (a) the reduction in nausea and vomiting, (b) decreasing damage to the mucosa, (c) avoiding a catabolic state and muscle wasting (sarcopenia), and (d) developing therapeutic alliances with patients, caregivers, and oncologists. Conclusions: Although the reduction of side effects involves anticipatory guidance and proactive team effort (e.g., forward observation, electronic interactions, patient reported outcomes), toxicity reduction can be satisfying for not only the patient, but everyone involved in cancer care.
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- Peter M. Anderson
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (S.M.T.); (S.S.); (K.S.); (S.B.)
- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA;
- Correspondence: or ; Tel.: +216-445-7140 or +216-308-2706
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (S.M.T.); (S.S.); (K.S.); (S.B.)
- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA;
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (S.M.T.); (S.S.); (K.S.); (S.B.)
- Department of Nursing, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA;
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (S.M.T.); (S.S.); (K.S.); (S.B.)
- Department of Nursing, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (S.M.T.); (S.S.); (K.S.); (S.B.)
- Peds Nutritional Services, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (L.K.S.); (M.S.-A.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (L.K.S.); (M.S.-A.)
- Department of Nursing Education, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Antitumor effect of the Newcastle disease viral hemagglutinin-neuraminidase gene is expressed through an oncolytic adenovirus effect in osteosarcoma cells. Anticancer Drugs 2018; 29:197-207. [PMID: 29438228 DOI: 10.1097/cad.0000000000000575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Newcastle disease virus (NDV) can specifically kill cancer cells and has less toxicity to normal cells. The hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein is an important structural protein in NDV pathogenesis and has been postulated as a promising candidate for antitumor therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate the anticancer potential of recombinant adenovirus Ad-HN-PEG3p-E1a. An MTS assay was performed to determine viral proliferation after viral infection, the data showed that the proliferation ability of osteosarcoma cells decreased, whereas there was no significant change in normal hepatic cells. DAPI and Annexin V experiments showed that osteosarcoma cells were killed because of apoptosis, active oxygen content, and augmented mitochondrial membrane potential loss. Caspase Activity Assay Kits were used to detect the caspase-3 activities of the treated OS-732 for increased expression. Western blot analysis showed that cytochrome C increased significantly and apoptosis of the virus was confirmed in tumor cells. In-vivo experiments show that NDV has an inhibitory effect on tumor growth. The recombinant adenovirus, which is composed of a HN protein and progressive increment promoter PEG3p, could inhibit the growth of OS-732 and promote the apoptosis of tumor cells. However, there was no clear relationship with normal cell (L02) apoptosis.
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Zhang Y, Chen P, Hong H, Wang L, Zhou Y, Lang Y. JNK pathway mediates curcumin-induced apoptosis and autophagy in osteosarcoma MG63 cells. Exp Ther Med 2017; 14:593-599. [PMID: 28672972 PMCID: PMC5488399 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.4529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Human osteosarcoma is a common primary malignancy of the bone in children and adolescents. It has been reported that curcumin is able to induce apoptosis in osteosarcoma MG63 cells through the mitochondrial pathway. However, whether curcumin is able to induce autophagy and the interaction between apoptosis and autophagy in osteosarcoma cells has yet to be fully elucidated. In the current study, it was determined that curcumin was able to significantly induce apoptosis, and lead to autophagy in MG63 cells. Notably, inhibition of apoptosis enhanced curcumin-induced autophagy due to upregulation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway. This finding was confirmed by the use of JNK-specific inhibitor, SP600125. Furthermore, our data showed that curcumin-induced apoptosis was increased when autophagy was completely inhibited by 3-methyladenine in MG63 cells. These results suggest that autophagy may have an important role in resistance to apoptosis when MG63 cells are incubated with curcumin. Thus, these results provide important insights into the interaction between apoptosis and autophagy in osteosarcoma cells and clinical treatment strategies using curcumin.
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- Yaowu Zhang
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830001, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830001, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830001, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830001, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830001, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830001, P.R. China
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Subbiah V, Wagner MJ, McGuire MF, Sarwari NM, Devarajan E, Lewis VO, Westin S, Kato S, Brown RE, Anderson P. Personalized comprehensive molecular profiling of high risk osteosarcoma: Implications and limitations for precision medicine. Oncotarget 2016; 6:40642-54. [PMID: 26510912 PMCID: PMC4747358 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background Despite advances in molecular medicine over recent decades, there has been little advancement in the treatment of osteosarcoma. We performed comprehensive molecular profiling in two cases of metastatic and chemotherapy-refractory osteosarcoma to guide molecularly targeted therapy. Patients and Methods Hybridization capture of >300 cancer-related genes plus introns from 28 genes often rearranged or altered in cancer was applied to >50 ng of DNA extracted from tumor samples from two patients with recurrent, metastatic osteosarcoma. The DNA from each sample was sequenced to high, uniform coverage. Immunohistochemical probes and morphoproteomics analysis were performed, in addition to fluorescence in situ hybridization. All analyses were performed in CLIA-certified laboratories. Molecularly targeted therapy based on the resulting profiles was offered to the patients. Biomedical analytics were performed using QIAGEN's Ingenuity® Pathway Analysis. Results In Patient #1, comprehensive next-generation exome sequencing showed MET amplification, PIK3CA mutation, CCNE1 amplification, and PTPRD mutation. Immunohistochemistry-based morphoproteomic analysis revealed c-Met expression [(p)-c-Met (Tyr1234/1235)] and activation of mTOR/AKT pathway [IGF-1R (Tyr1165/1166), p-mTOR [Ser2448], p-Akt (Ser473)] and expression of SPARC and COX2. Targeted therapy was administered to match the P1K3CA, c-MET, and SPARC and COX2 aberrations with sirolimus+ crizotinib and abraxane+ celecoxib. In Patient #2, aberrations included NF2 loss in exons 2–16, PDGFRα amplification, and TP53 mutation. This patient was enrolled on a clinical trial combining targeted agents temsirolimus, sorafenib and bevacizumab, to match NF2, PDGFRα and TP53 aberrations. Both the patients did not benefit from matched therapy. Conclusions Relapsed osteosarcoma is characterized by complex signaling and drug resistance pathways. Comprehensive molecular profiling holds great promise for tailoring personalized therapies for cancer. Methods for such profiling are evolving and need to be refined to better assist clinicians in making treatment decisions based on the large amount of data that results from this type of testing. Further research in this area is warranted.
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- Vivek Subbiah
- Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Gynecological Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Takalkar A, Paryani B, Adams S, Subbiah V. Radium-223 dichloride therapy in breast cancer with osseous metastases. BMJ Case Rep 2015; 2015:bcr-2015-211152. [PMID: 26581701 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Osseous metastases occur frequently in patients with breast cancer. Few options exist for bone targeted therapy for hormone refractory patients with breast cancer with progressive bone metastases. We present a case of breast cancer with osseous metastases but no visceral metastases. The patient had been treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal therapy, but still had extensive symptomatic osseous metastases. She received radium-223 dichloride, a therapeutic radiopharmaceutical Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for castration resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases. She tolerated the therapy well with no significant adverse effects. She had an excellent response with significant pain relief obviating need for regular analgaesics. Her tumour markers also dropped significantly. Osseous metastases assessed with F-18 fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/CT (PET/CT) and F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) bone PET/CT) scans at baseline, after two and six cycles, also showed interval improvement in the lesions. Radium-223 dichloride could potentially be a safe and useful therapeutic option in this setting.
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- Amol Takalkar
- Center for Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Takalkar A, Adams S, Subbiah V. Radium-223 dichloride bone-targeted alpha particle therapy for hormone-refractory breast cancer metastatic to bone. Exp Hematol Oncol 2014; 3:23. [PMID: 25243101 PMCID: PMC4168986 DOI: 10.1186/2162-3619-3-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Hormone-refractory breast cancer metastatic to bone is a clinically challenging disease associated with high morbidity, poor prognosis, and impaired quality of life owing to pain and skeletal-related events. In a preclinical study using a mouse model of breast cancer and bone metastases, Ra-223 dichloride was incorporated into bone matrix and inhibited proliferation of breast cancer cells and differentiation of osteoblasts and osteoclasts (all P values < .001) in vitro. Ra-223 dichloride also induced double-strand DNA breaks in cancer cells in vivo. Methods The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved radium-223 (Ra-223) dichloride (Ra-223; Xofigo injection) alpha-particle therapy for the treatment of symptomatic bone metastases in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer. On the basis of a strong preclinical rationale, we used Ra-223 dichloride to treat bone metastases in a patient with breast cancer. Results A 44-year-old white woman with metastatic breast cancer who was estrogen receptor–positive, BRCA1-negative, BRCA2-negative, PIK3CA mutation (p.His1047Arg) positive presented with diffuse bony metastases and bone pain. She had hormone refractory and chemotherapy refractory breast cancer. After Ra-223 therapy initiation her bone pain improved, with corresponding decrease in tumor markers and mixed response in 18F-FDG PET/CT and 18F-NaF bone PET/CT. The patient derived clinical benefit from therapy. Conclusion We have shown that Ra-223 dichloride can be safely administered in a patient with hormone-refractory bone metastasis from breast cancer at the US FDA–approved dose for prostate cancer. Furthermore, because the treatment did not cause any drop in hematologic parameters, it has the potential to be combined with other radiosensitizing therapies, which may include chemotherapy or targeted therapies. Given that Ra-223 dichloride is already commercially available, this case report may help future patients and provide a rationale for initiating clinical research in the use of Ra-223 dichloride to treat bone metastasis from breast cancer. A randomized clinical trial is needed to provide evidence of efficacy, safety, and good outcomes.
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- Amol Takalkar
- PET Imaging Center, Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA
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- PET Imaging Center, Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA
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- Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Anderson P, Meyers P, Kleinerman E, Venkatakrishnan K, Hughes D, Herzog C, Huh W, Sutphin R, Vyas YM, Shen V, Warwick A, Yeager N, Oliva C, Wang B, Liu Y, Chou A. Mifamurtide in metastatic and recurrent osteosarcoma: a patient access study with pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and safety assessments. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014; 61:238-44. [PMID: 23997016 PMCID: PMC4533988 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE This non-randomized, patient-access protocol, assessed both safety and efficacy outcomes following liposomal muramyl-tripeptide-phosphatidylethanolamine (L-MTP-PE; mifamurtide) in patients with high-risk, recurrent and/or metastatic osteosarcoma. METHODS Patients received mifamurtide 2 mg/m(2) intravenously twice-weekly ×12 weeks, then weekly ×24 weeks with and without chemotherapy. Serum concentration-time profiles were collected. Adverse events within 24 hours of drug administration were classified as infusion-related adverse events (IRAE); other AEs and overall survival (OS) were assessed. RESULTS The study began therapy in January 2008; the last patient completed therapy in October 2012. Two hundred five patients were enrolled; median age was 16.0 years and 146/205 (71%) had active disease. Mifamurtide serum concentrations declined rapidly in the first 30 minutes post-infusion, then in a log-linear manner 2-6 hours post-dose; t1/2 was 2 hours. There were no readily apparent relationships between age and BSA-normalized clearance, half-life, or pharmacodynamic effects, supporting the dose of 2 mg/m(2) mifamurtide across the age range. Patients reported 3,679 IRAE after 7,482 mifamurtide infusions. These were very rarely grade 3 or 4 and most commonly included chills + fever or headache + fatigue symptom clusters. One- and 2-year OS was 71.7% and 45.9%. Patients with initial metastatic disease or progression approximated by within 9 months of diagnosis (N = 40) had similar 2-year OS (39.9%) as the entire cohort (45.9%) CONCLUSIONS Mifamurtide had a manageable safety profile; PK/PD of mifamurtide in this patient access study was consistent with prior studies. Two-year OS was 45.9%. A randomized clinical trial would be required to definitively determine impact on patient outcomes.
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- P.M. Anderson
- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Childrens Hospital of Orange County, Orange CA USA
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- Uniformed Services University, Bethesda MD, USA
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- Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University Columbus OH, USA
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- Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals as targeted agents of osteosarcoma: samarium-153-EDTMP and radium-223. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 804:291-304. [PMID: 24924181 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04843-7_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Osteosarcoma is a cancer characterized by formation of bone by malignant cells. Routine bone scan imaging with Tc-99m-MDP is done at diagnosis to evaluate primary tumor uptake and check for bone metastases. At time of relapse the Tc-99m-MDP bone scan also provides a specific means to assess formation of bone by malignant osteosarcoma cells and the potential for bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals to deliver radioactivity directly into osteoblastic osteosarcoma lesions. This chapter will review and compare a bone-seeking radiopharmaceutical that emits beta-particles, samarium-153-EDTMP, with an alpha-particle emitter, radium-223. The charged alpha particles from radium-223 have far more mass and energy than beta particles (electrons) from Sm-153-EDTMP. Because radium-223 has less marrow toxicity and more radiobiological effectiveness, especially if inside the bone forming cancer cell than samarium-153-EDTMP, radium-223 may have greater potential to become widely used against osteosarcoma as a targeted therapy. Radium-223 also has more potential to be used with chemotherapy against osteosarcoma and bone metastases. Because osteosarcoma makes bone and radium-223 acts like calcium, this radiopharmaceutical could possibly become a new targeted means to achieve safe and effective reduction of tumor burden as well as facilitate better surgery and/or radiotherapy for difficult to resect large, or metastatic tumors.
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Anderson P, Kaye L. The therapeutic alliance: adapting to the unthinkable with better information. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2009; 24:775-778. [PMID: 20183387 DOI: 10.1080/10410230903321004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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- Pete Anderson
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
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Lee JA, Kim MS, Koh JS, Kim MS, Kim DH, Lim JS, Kong CB, Song WS, Cho WH, Lee SY, Jeon DG. Osteosarcoma of the Flat Bone. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2009; 40:47-53. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyp131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The nurse plays a vital role in caring for patients with osteosarcoma. From the very outset when the disease is explained to the patient and his/her family, the nurse provides comfort and support, as well as enhances and explains the information provided by the physician. All aspects of medical care are addressed, and he/she is frequently the first line of communication when the patient telephones and requests information or wishes to report a problem to the physician. He/She arranges and coordinates appointments to suit the patient's medical, and often social needs to provide comprehensive care with attention to detail. This communication will provide a perspective of the role assumed by the nurse in his/her effort to ensure total care of the patient and the family.
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- Margaret Pearson
- Solid Tumor Service, Children's Cancer Hospital, The University of Texas M. D., Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
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Studies have demonstrated that chemotherapy alone is usually unsuccessful as exclusive therapy for osteosarcoma (Cancer 95:2202-2201, 2002). Information will be presented for situations where non-surgical alternatives could be considered as useful, if not necessary, adjuncts to chemotherapy. In the thorax these include treatment of pleural effusions, chest wall lesions, central lung or mediastinal osteosarcoma, as well as recurrences in patients with limited pulmonary reserve. Other situations include too many metastases to easily resect, axial osteosarcomas, bone metastases, liver and brain metastases. Non-surgical local control measures include radiation with chemotherapy for radiosensitization, bone-seeking radioisotopes (e.g., 153Sm-EDTMP, 223Ra), bisphosphonates, heat (radiofrequency ablation), freezing and thawing (cryoablation), and intracavitary or regional (aerosol) therapy. Because of the predictable and common pattern of pulmonary metastases in osteosarcoma, aerosol therapy also offers an attractive regional treatment strategy. Principles and use of aerosol cytokines (e.g., GM-CSF, IL-2), and aerosol chemotherapy with gemcitabin will be discussed. Individual cases illustrating strategy and techniques will be presented.
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- Pete Anderson
- Children's Cancer Hospital, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 87, Pediatrics, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
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Anderson P, Kornguth D, Ahrar K, Hughes D, Phan P, Huh W, Cornelius K, Mahajan A. Recurrent, refractory, metastatic and/or unresectable pediatric sarcomas: treatment options for young people ‘off the roadmap’. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.2217/17455111.2.5.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Although sarcoma surgery is very important for cancer control, it is not always possible or practical to offer in some situations, including sarcoma recurrences, metastatic disease and/or unacceptable loss of function. We review some pragmatic approaches and examples of how to balance indications, risks and alternatives to control cancer in young people with sarcomas that are no longer using ‘front-line’ therapy. Radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy and outpatient ‘continuation’ chemotherapy regimens using drugs that cause less alopecia can improve function and quality of life. Some effective strategies to help cope when cure is not possible may include tumor ablation techniques performed in interventional radiology and percutaneous nerve blocks. Family centered care and effective problem solving of difficult issues can be greatly facilitated by consultation with a multidisciplinary team experienced in the management of very difficult cases. Treatment of young people with recurrent, relapsed and/or metastatic sarcoma still remains an art very much in the realm of compassion not protocol and persistent advocacy is required for the young person for whom cure may not be possible. A reduction of suffering and assistance in writing more chapters of a rich life narrative is the goal.
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- Pete Anderson
- University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, Unit 87, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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- University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, Unit 87, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology
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- University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, Unit 87, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology
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- University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, Unit 87, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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- University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, Unit 87, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
- Department of Anesthesia & Cancer Pain Service
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- University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, Unit 87, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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- University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, Unit 87, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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- University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, Unit 87, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology
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Anderson P, Nuñez R. Samarium lexidronam (153Sm-EDTMP): skeletal radiation for osteoblastic bone metastases and osteosarcoma. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2008; 7:1517-27. [PMID: 18020921 DOI: 10.1586/14737140.7.11.1517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
Radiation therapy can be an effective means to treat bone metastases, which occur in more than 50% of cancer patients. (153)Samarium lexidronam ((153)Sm-EDTMP; Quadramet, Cytogen) is a radiopharmaceutical designed for deposition into bone metastases. Bone scans can identify patients that may benefit from targeted radiation therapy with (153)Sm-EDTMP. As an unsealed source of radiation therapy, (153)Sm-EDTMP is simple to administer: 1 mCi/kg is given in a similar fashion to a bone scan injection ((99m)Tc-MDP bone scan injection is given at 0.2-0.35 mCi/kg. Therefore, both are administered intravenously. However, the radiation-absorbed dose and radiopharmaceutical energy are different). Nevertheless, despite simplicity of administration, (153)Sm-EDTMP is underutilized for improving cancer pain in the skeleton. Repeated cycles and combined treatment with other modalities such as bisphosphonates, chemotherapy and/or external beam radiation are possible. (153)Sm-EDTMP combined with bisphosphonates, chemotherapy and/or radiation may provide better palliation of bone metastases and also in bone-forming tumors (osteosarcoma). Encouraging experience using high-dose (153)Sm-EDTMP for total marrow irradiation in hematologic malignancies involving the bones (e.g., myeloma or acute leukemia) is also reviewed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pete Anderson
- University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 87, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
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Anderson P, Aguilera D, Pearson M, Woo S. Outpatient Chemotherapy plus Radiotherapy in Sarcomas: Improving Cancer Control with Radiosensitizing Agents. Cancer Control 2008; 15:38-46. [DOI: 10.1177/107327480801500105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Cancer control by radiotherapy (RT) can be improved with concurrent chemotherapy. Outpatient strategies for sarcomas that combine chemotherapy and RT are possible since supportive care and RT techniques have improved. Methods The current status of non-anthracycline chemotherapy in combination with radiation for high-risk sarcoma is reviewed. Results Ifosfamide with mesna and newer activated ifosfamide agents (ZIO-201 and glufosfamide) have high potential to improve sarcoma cancer control. In Ewing's sarcoma and osteosarcoma, high-dose ifosfamide with mesna (2.8 g/m2/day of each x 5 days; mesna day 6) can be safely given to outpatients using continuous infusion. Reducing ifosfamide nephrotoxicity and central nervous system side effects are discussed. Other outpatient radiosensitization regimens include gemcitabine (600–1000 mg/m2/dose IV over 1 hour weekly x 2–3 doses), temozolomide (75 mg/m2/daily x 3–6 weeks), or temozolomide (100 mg/m2/dose daily x 5) + irinotecan (10 mg/m2/dose daily x 5 x 2 weeks). In osteosarcoma with osteoblastic metastases on bone scan, samarium (1 mCi/kg; day 3 of RT) and gemcitabine (600 mg/m2 IV over 1 hour day 9 of RT) is a radiosensitization strategy. Future drugs for radiosensitization include beta-D-glucose targeted activated ifosfamide (glufosfamide) and sapacitabine, an oral nucleoside with in vitro activity against solid tumors including sarcomas. Conclusions The potential to treat major causes of sarcoma treatment failure (local recurrence and distant metastases) with concurrent chemotherapy during radiation should be considered in high-grade sarcomas.
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- Pete Anderson
- Departments of Pediatrics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Departments of Pediatrics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Departments of Pediatrics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Radiation Oncology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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