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Kunos CA, Chu E, Makower D, Kaubisch A, Sznol M, Ivy SP. Phase I Trial of Triapine-Cisplatin-Paclitaxel Chemotherapy for Advanced Stage or Metastatic Solid Tumor Cancers. Front Oncol 2017; 7:62. [PMID: 28421163 PMCID: PMC5378786 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) is an enzyme involved in the de novo synthesis of deoxyribonucleotides, which are critical for DNA replication and DNA repair. Triapine is a small-molecule RNR inhibitor. A phase I trial studied the safety of triapine in combination with cisplatin–paclitaxel in patients with advanced stage or metastatic solid tumor cancers in an effort to capitalize on disrupted DNA damage repair. A total of 13 patients with various previously treated cancers were given a 96-h continuous intravenous (i.v.) infusion of triapine (40–120 mg/m2) on day 1, and then 3-h i.v. paclitaxel (80 mg/m2) followed by 1-h i.v. cisplatin (50–75 mg/m2) on day 3. This combination regimen was repeated every 21 days. The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for each agent was identified to be triapine (80 mg/m2), cisplatin (50 mg/m2), and paclitaxel (80 mg/m2). Common grade 3 or 4 toxicities included reversible anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, or electrolyte abnormalities. The combination regimen of triapine–cisplatin–paclitaxel resulted in no objective responses; however, five (83%) of six patients treated at the MTD had stable disease between 1 and 8 months duration. This phase I study showed that the combination regimen of triapine–cisplatin–paclitaxel was safe and provides a rational basis for a follow-up phase II trial to evaluate efficacy and progression-free survival in women with metastatic or recurrent uterine cervix cancer.
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- Charles A Kunos
- Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Ashdown ML, Robinson AP, Yatomi-Clarke SL, Ashdown ML, Allison A, Abbott D, Markovic SN, Coventry BJ. Chemotherapy for Late-Stage Cancer Patients: Meta-Analysis of Complete Response Rates. F1000Res 2015; 4:232. [PMID: 26834979 PMCID: PMC4706056 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.6760.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Complete response (CR) rates reported for cytotoxic chemotherapy for late-stage cancer patients are generally low, with few exceptions, regardless of the solid cancer type or drug regimen. We investigated CR rates reported in the literature for clinical trials using chemotherapy alone, across a wide range of tumour types and chemotherapeutic regimens, to determine an overall CR rate for late-stage cancers. A total of 141 reports were located using the PubMed database. A meta-analysis was performed of reported CR from 68 chemotherapy trials (total 2732 patients) using standard agents across late-stage solid cancers—a binomial model with random effects was adopted. Mean CR rates were compared for different cancer types, and for chemotherapeutic agents with different mechanisms of action, using a logistic regression. Our results showed that the CR rates for chemotherapy treatment of late-stage cancer were generally low at 7.4%, regardless of the cancer type or drug regimen used. We found no evidence that CR rates differed between different chemotherapy drug types, but amongst different cancer types small CR differences were evident, although none exceeded a mean CR rate of 11%. This remarkable concordance of CR rates regardless of cancer or therapy type remains currently unexplained, and motivates further investigation.
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- Martin L Ashdown
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME), University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME), University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Surgery & Tumour Immunology Laboratory, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Breast, Endocrine & Surgical Oncology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, Australia
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Heijkoop ST, van Doorn HC, Stalpers LJ, Boere IA, van der Velden J, Franckena M, Westermann AM. Results of concurrent chemotherapy and hyperthermia in patients with recurrent cervical cancer after previous chemoradiation. Int J Hyperthermia 2013; 30:6-10. [DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2013.844366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Clinical outcome and prognostic markers for patients with gynecologic malignancies in phase 1 clinical trials: A single institution experience from 1999 to 2010. Gynecol Oncol 2013; 131:163-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.07.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Revised: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Developments in the systemic treatment of metastatic cervical cancer. Cancer Treat Rev 2013; 39:430-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2012.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2012] [Revised: 05/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dueñas-González A, Cetina L, Coronel J, Martínez-Baños D. Pharmacotherapy options for locally advanced and advanced cervical cancer. Drugs 2010; 70:403-32. [PMID: 20205484 DOI: 10.2165/11534370-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Cervical cancer continues to be a significant health burden worldwide. Globally, the majority of cancers are locally advanced at diagnosis; hence, radiation remains the most frequently used therapeutic modality. Currently, the value of adding cisplatin or cisplatin-based chemotherapy to radiation for the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer is strongly supported by randomized studies and meta-analyses. Nevertheless, despite these significant achievements, therapeutic results are far from optimal; thus, novel therapies need to be investigated. A recent, randomized, phase III trial has shown for the first time that combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and gemcitabine concurrently with radiation improves parameters of survival over cisplatin alone and establishes a new standard for the management of locally advanced cervical cancer. On the other hand, advanced disease, presenting either as an International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IVB or as persistent or recurrent to primary therapy without local curative options, remains a devastating group of diseases with no options other than palliative chemotherapy. Recent results from the GOG (Gynecologic and Oncologic Group)-204 study demonstrate that cisplatin-doublets with paclitaxel, vinorelbine, gemcitabine or topotecan only produce small improvements in survival, although with different toxicity patterns; hence, patient-related factors are important when choosing any one of these regimens. The role of targeted therapies both in locally advanced and advanced disease is promising, but still at an investigational stage.
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- Alfonso Dueñas-González
- Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología/Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (INCan/IIBM), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico.
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Lorusso D, Ferrandina G, Pignata S, Ludovisi M, Viganò R, Scalone S, Scollo P, Breda E, Pietragalla A, Scambia G. Evaluation of pemetrexed (Alimta, LY231514) as second-line chemotherapy in persistent or recurrent carcinoma of the cervix: the CERVIX 1 study of the MITO (Multicentre Italian Trials in Ovarian Cancer and Gynecologic Malignancies) Group. Ann Oncol 2010; 21:61-6. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Movva S, Rodriguez L, Arias-Pulido H, Verschraegen C. Novel chemotherapy approaches for cervical cancer. Cancer 2009; 115:3166-80. [DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Sezer A, Usta U, Cicin I. The effect of Saccharomyces boulardii on reducing irinotecan-induced intestinal mucositis and diarrhea. Med Oncol 2008; 26:350-7. [PMID: 19067257 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-008-9128-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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To investigate the efficiency of Saccharomyces boulardii on irinotecan-induced mucosal damage and diarrhea in rats, fifty rats were randomized into three groups with 20 rats in two study groups and 10 rats in the control group. Control group did not receive any treatment. Irinotecan (60 mg/kg) alone was administered intravenously once a day for four consecutive days to the rats of Group A. Throughout the experiment, Group B rats were additionally given Saccharomyces boulardii (800 mg/kg) for 3 days before administration of irinotecan and 7 days throughout the experiment. Delayed diarrhea was more severe in Group A than Group B (P = 0.009). The weight loss was 34.7 +/- 3.8 mg for Group A, while it was 17.4 +/- 1.7 mg for Group B (P < 0.001). Findings of mucositis most clearly appeared in the jejunum. Regarding edema (P = 0.003), leukocyte migration (P = 0.038), and inflammation (P = 0.006) significant recovery was detected in the mucosa of rats receiving Saccharomyces boulardii. Villous thickness was significantly greater in Group A than Group B (P < 0.001). The results indicate that Saccharomyces boulardii provided significant improvement in irinotecan-induced diarrhea and mucositis.
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- Atakan Sezer
- Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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Pisano C, Zuco V, De Cesare M, Benedetti V, Vesci L, Foderà R, Bucci F, Aulicino C, Penco S, Carminati P, Zunino F. Intracellular accumulation and DNA damage persistence as determinants of human squamous cell carcinoma hypersensitivity to the novel camptothecin ST1968. Eur J Cancer 2008; 44:1332-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2008] [Accepted: 04/02/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Miller DS, Blessing JA, Bodurka DC, Bonebrake AJ, Schorge JO. Evaluation of pemetrexed (Alimta, LY231514) as second line chemotherapy in persistent or recurrent carcinoma of the cervix: a phase II study of the Gynecologic Oncology Group. Gynecol Oncol 2008; 110:65-70. [PMID: 18455781 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Revised: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the anti-tumor activity of pemetrexed in patients with advanced or recurrent carcinoma of the cervix that failed on higher priority treatment protocols and to determine the nature and degree of toxicity. METHODS A multicenter Phase II trial was conducted by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG). Patients must have had advanced or recurrent measurable carcinoma of the cervix, and failed one prior chemotherapy regimen. Pemetrexed at a dose of 900 mg/m(2) was to be administered as an IV infusion over 10 min every 21 days. RESULTS From July 6, 2004 to April 3, 2006, twenty-nine patients were entered by ten member institutions of the GOG. Two patients did not receive treatment and thus were inevaluable. A total of 128 cycles were administered with 37% of patients receiving six or more cycles. The treatment was well tolerated overall. More serious toxicities (grade 3 and 4) included anemia in 41%, leukopenia in 30%, neutropenia in 26%, and infection in 26%. No treatment related deaths were reported. Four patients (15%) had partial responses with a median response duration of 4.4 months. The response rate for non-radiated or radiated disease sites was 25% and 7% respectively. Sixteen patients (59%) had stable disease and seven (26%) patients had increasing disease. Median progression free survival (PFS) was 3.1 months and overall survival (OS) was 7.4 months. CONCLUSION Pemetrexed at this dose and schedule showed moderate activity against advanced or recurrent cervical cancer that has failed prior chemotherapy. Data from other tumor sites has suggested synergy between pemetrexed and cisplatin and should be considered for further study.
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- David Scott Miller
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX 75390-9032, USA.
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Robati M, Holtz D, Dunton CJ. A review of topotecan in combination chemotherapy for advanced cervical cancer. Ther Clin Risk Manag 2008; 4:213-8. [PMID: 18728710 PMCID: PMC2503656 DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s1771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Treatment of advanced, recurrent or persistent cervical cancer includes radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Radiation has been the primary treatment modality for locoregionally advanced cervical cancer. Concomitant systemic cisplatin chemotherapy and radiation have shown high response rates with improvements in durable remissions and overall survival. Cisplatin has been the standard medication for the treatment of advanced cervical cancer. Combinations with other chemotherapeutic agents have been the subject of clinical trials with varying results. The toxicity of combination chemotherapy and tolerability of patients are other factors that should be considered in the management of patients with advanced disease. Recently topotecan, in combination with cisplatin, achieved increased response and overall survival rates without further compromising the patients' quality of life. This review focuses on the mechanism of action and toxicities of topotecan, as well as its role as a radio-sensitizer and chemotherapeutic agent in the management of advanced, recurrent, or persistent cervical cancer. Other combination modalities and dosages are also discussed.
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- Minoo Robati
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Main Line Gynecologic Oncology, Lankenau Hospital Wynnewood, PA, USA
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Uzan C, Rouzier R, Castaigne D, Pomel C. [Laparoscopic pelvic exenteration for cervical cancer relapse: preliminary study]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 35:136-45. [PMID: 16575359 DOI: 10.1016/s0368-2315(06)76387-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the feasibility and short and midterm results of laparoscopic pelvic exenteration for cervical cancer relapse. Materials and methods. Five patients with centro-pelvic recurrence within 3 to 13 months after combined chemo-radiation therapy (associated to surgery for two cases) for cervical cancer tumors were included in a pilot study. RESULTS The procedures consisted in a complete pelvic exenteration with colo-anal anastomosis and ileal-loop conduit for 2 patients, a posterior pelvic exenteration including uterus, vagina and rectum with colo-anal anastomosis for 1 patient, an anterior pelvic exenteration including bladder and vagina with an ileal-loop conduit for 1 patient and a anterior pelvic exenteration with a laparoscopic hand assisted Miami Pouch for 1 patient. The 5 procedures were successful with no conversion to laparotomy. Time of procedure ranged between 4 h 30 and 9 hours. Average blood loss was 370 cc. Three patients developed metastatic recurrences and died. The two patients with anterior exenteration are alive and free of disease 11 and 15 months after the procedure. CONCLUSION Laparoscopic pelvic exenteration procedures are feasible. A larger series is necessary to determine the advantages of this technique compared to laparotomy.
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- C Uzan
- Service de Chirurgie Oncologique et Gynécologique, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 39, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 94800 Villejuif.
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Candelaria M, Garcia-Arias A, Cetina L, Dueñas-Gonzalez A. Radiosensitizers in cervical cancer. Cisplatin and beyond. Radiat Oncol 2006; 1:15. [PMID: 16722549 PMCID: PMC1479830 DOI: 10.1186/1748-717x-1-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2006] [Accepted: 05/08/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Cervical cancer continues to be a significant health burden worldwide. Globally, the majority of cancers are locally advanced at diagnosis; hence, radiation remains the most frequently used therapeutical modality. Currently, the value of adding cisplatin or cisplatin-based chemotherapy to radiation for treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer is strongly supported by randomized studies and meta-analyses. Nevertheless, despite these significant achievements, therapeutic results are far from optimal; thus, novel therapies need to be assayed. A strategy currently being investigated is the use of newer radiosensitizers alone or in combination with platinum compounds. In the present work, we present preclinical information on known and newer cytotoxic agents as radiosensitizers on cervical cancer models, as well as the clinical information emanating from early phase trials that incorporate them to the cervical cancer management. In addition, we present the perspectives on the combined approach of radiation therapy and molecular target-based drugs with proven radiosensitizing capacity.
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- Myrna Candelaria
- Division of Clinical Research, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico
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- Division of Clinical Research, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología/Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, UNAM, Mexico
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Tewari KS, Monk BJ. Gynecologic oncology group trials of chemotherapy for metastatic and recurrent cervical cancer. Curr Oncol Rep 2005; 7:419-34. [PMID: 16221379 DOI: 10.1007/s11912-005-0007-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Because only 16% of patients with metastatic cervical cancer are alive 5 years after diagnosis, the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) has carefully designed and conducted many phase II studies to identify promising drugs. Cisplatin has emerged as the most active single agent with overall response rates of 19%. Recent phase III trials have documented response rates of 27% and 39% when cisplatin has been combined with either paclitaxel or topotecan, respectively. The comparison of cisplatin to cisplatin plus topotecan in GOG-179 has yielded the first study to show a statistically significant impact on the overall response rate, median progression-free survival, and median survival, with all outcome measures favoring the two-drug regimen. Despite these encouraging results, however, most of the responses are partial and of short duration. The need for novel combinations and the implementation of active biologic agents is implicit. The accumulated data in this disease setting, as evidenced by the experience of the GOG, are presented in this review.
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- Krishnansu S Tewari
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive, Building 56, Room 262, Orange, CA 92868-3298, USA
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