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Celik A, Berg T, Gibson M, Jensen MB, Kümler I, Eßer-Naumann S, Jakobsen EH, Knoop A, Nielsen D. Capecitabine monotherapy as first-line treatment in advanced HER2-normal breast cancer - a nationwide, retrospective study. Acta Oncol 2024; 63:494-502. [PMID: 38912829 DOI: 10.2340/1651-226x.2024.38886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Background and purpose: Capecitabine can be used as first-line treatment for advanced breast cancer. However, real-world data on efficacy of capecitabine in this setting is sparse. The purpose of the study is to evaluate outcomes of patients with Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER2)-normal advanced breast cancer treated with capecitabine monotherapy as first-line treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study utilized the Danish Breast Cancer Group (DBCG) database and was conducted retrospectively across all Danish oncology departments. Inclusion criteria were female patients, with HER2-normal advanced breast cancer treated with capecitabine monotherapy as the first-line treatment from 2010 to 2020. The primary endpoints were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS A total of 494 patients were included. Median OS was 16.4 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 14.5-18.0), and median PFS was 6.0 months (95% CI: 5.3-6.7). Patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive disease had significantly longer OS (median: 22.8 vs. 10.5 months, p < 0.001) and PFS (median: 7.4 vs. 4.9 months, p = 0.003), when compared to ER-negative patients. Stratifying by age, patients under 45 years displayed a median PFS of 4.1 months, while those aged 45-70 years and over 70 years had median PFS of 5.7 and 7.2 months, respectively (p = 0.01). INTERPRETATION In this nationwide study, the efficacy of capecitabine as a first-line treatment for HER2-normal advanced breast cancer is consistent with other, mainly retrospective, studies. However, when assessed against contemporary and newer treatments, its effectiveness appears inferior to alternative chemotherapies or targeted therapies.
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- Alan Celik
- Danish Breast Cancer Group, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Danish Breast Cancer Group, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Breast Cancer Group, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Breast Cancer Group, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Hospital of Southern Jutland, Department of Oncology, Sonderborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
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Altundag K. Benefits of capecitabine in hormone receptor-positive compared to hormone receptor-negative HER2 normal metastatic breast cancer. Med Oncol 2024; 41:146. [PMID: 38727767 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-024-02389-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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- Kadri Altundag
- MKA Breast Cancer Clinic, Tepe Prime, 06800, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey.
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Imyanitov EN, Iyevleva AG. Molecular tests for prediction of tumor sensitivity to cytotoxic drugs. Cancer Lett 2022; 526:41-52. [PMID: 34808283 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Chemotherapy constitutes the backbone of cancer treatment. Several predictive assays assist personalized administration of cytotoxic drugs and are recommended for use in a clinical setting. The deficiency of DNA repair by homologous recombination (HRD), which is caused by inactivation of BRCA1/2 genes or other genetic events, is associated with high tumor responsiveness to platinum compounds, bifunctional alkylating agents and topoisomerase II poisons. Low activity of MGMT predicts the efficacy of nitrosoureas and tetrazines. Some clinically established pharmacogenetic tests allow for the adjustment of drug dosage, for example, the analysis of DPYD allelic variants for administration of fluoropyrimidines and UGT1A1 genotyping for the use of irinotecan. While there are promising molecular predictors of tumor sensitivity to pemetrexed, gemcitabine and taxanes, they remain in the investigational stage and require additional validation. Comprehensive molecular analysis of tumors obtained from drug responders and non-responders is likely to reveal new clinically useful predictive markers for cytotoxic therapy.
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- Evgeny N Imyanitov
- Department of Tumor Growth Biology, N.N. Petrov Institute of Oncology, St.-Petersburg, 197758, Russia; Department of Medical Genetics, St.-Petersburg Pediatric Medical University, St.-Petersburg, 194100, Russia; Department of Oncology, I.I. Mechnikov North-Western Medical University, St.-Petersburg, 191015, Russia.
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- Department of Tumor Growth Biology, N.N. Petrov Institute of Oncology, St.-Petersburg, 197758, Russia; Department of Medical Genetics, St.-Petersburg Pediatric Medical University, St.-Petersburg, 194100, Russia
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Oruç Z, Kaplan MA, Arslan Ç. An update on the currently available and future chemotherapy for treating bone metastases in breast cancer patients. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2018; 19:1305-1316. [PMID: 30129373 DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2018.1504922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Bone metastases in breast cancer patients are a common clinical problem. Many factors influence the treatment decision, including tumor characteristics, previous treatment and tumor burden in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. AREAS COVERED This present review summarizes the new treatment strategies and the chemotherapeutic agents currently available in the management of metastatic breast cancer with bone metastases. EXPERT OPINION Patients with bone metastases more often have hormone receptor-positive tumours. Although new treatment agents for metastatic breast cancer have been investigated, endocrine therapy is still considered as the treatment of choice for patients with bone metastases although chemotherapy still has an important place. In recent years, new chemotherapeutic agents such as etirinotecan and nab-paclitaxel have been established though there are few studies that have looked at particular types of metastases. In the last decade, therapies for bone metastasis resistant to endocrine therapy have predominantly focused on radiotherapy, surgical resection, chemotherapy, bone-targeting radiopharmaceuticals and targeted therapeutics. New targeted agents include: Src inhibitors, cathepsin K inhibitors, CXCR4 inhibitors, TGF-B blockade and integrin antagonists while drug delivery systems for chemotherapy have also been developed. These new treatment options could be future treatment options for bone metastatic disease if early promising results are confirmed by clinical trials.
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- Zeynep Oruç
- a Department of Medical Oncology , Mersin City Hospital , Mersin , Turkey
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- b Department of Medical Oncology , Dicle University Faculty of Medicine , Diyarbakır , Turkey
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- c Department of Medical Oncology , Medical Park Hospital , Izmir , Turkey.,d Faculty of Medicine , Bahcesehir University , Istanbul , Turkey
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Moiseyenko VM, Chubenko VA, Moiseyenko FV, Zagorskaya LA, Zaytseva YA, Gesha NE, Zykov EN, Ni VI, Preobrazhenskaya EV, Sokolenko AP, Imyanitov EN. "Lazarus Response" to Olaparib in a Virtually Chemonaive Breast Cancer Patient Carrying Gross BRCA2 Gene Deletion. Cureus 2018; 10:e2150. [PMID: 29651367 PMCID: PMC5890964 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.2150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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This report describes an estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patient, who relapsed at two and a half years after the completion of adjuvant chemotherapy while being on the aromatase inhibition. Based on the clinical evidence for potential sensitivity of the tumor to hormone ablation, everolimus was added to continuing exemestane treatment. Oral chemotherapy was administered at further disease progression, however, it lasted only for 10 days due to rapidly deteriorating condition of the patient. BRCA test was performed just before the failure of endocrine therapy and revealed a gross deletion within BRCA2 gene. Since the patient already developed contraindications to the standard chemotherapy, olaparib (300 mg twice a day) was given as a last hope option. The patient demonstrated a “Lazarus response”: the performance status and the results of the biochemical tests went back to the norm within first two weeks of treatment. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) was performed at one month after the start of olaparib therapy, and revealed complete metabolic response for all multiple metastatic lesions located in the liver, bones, small pelvis, lungs, mediastinum, retroperitoneum, etc. Cytotoxic therapy and poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are known to have virtually identical mechanisms of tumor escape from the treatment, which are confined to the restoration of BRCA proficiency within cancer cells. The pronounced tumor response to the treatment in this patient can be attributed to the lack of recent exposure to standard cytotoxic treatment as well as to the inability of tumors with gross BRCA rearrangements to restore BRCA function via secondary mutation. This observation calls for comprehensive evaluation of PARP inhibitors in chemonaive patients with hereditary cancer.
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- Department of Chemotherapy, City Cancer Center, Saint Petersburg
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Diagnostics, City Cancer Center, Saint Petersburg
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- Department of Tumor Growth Biology, N.N. Petrov Institute of Oncology, Saint Petersburg
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- Department of Tumor Growth Biology, N.N. Petrov Institute of Oncology, Saint Petersburg
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- Department of Tumor Growth Biology, N.N. Petrov Institute of Oncology, Saint Petersburg
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Chen M, Chen J, Peng X, Xu Z, Shao J, Zhu Y, Li G, Zhu H, Yang B, Luo P, He Q. The contribution of keratinocytes in capecitabine-stimulated hand-foot-syndrome. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2017; 49:81-88. [PMID: 27951409 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Capecitabine, as the first-line treatment for multiple tumor types, has a serious drawback of hand-foot-syndrome (HFS) that limits its clinical use. However, the pathophysiology and mechanism of capecitabine-induced HFS is rarely known. Here we built the experimental mouse model of HFS induced by capecitabine at first and it was shown that 3 of 6 mice appeared HFS in the 5th day and 5 mice occurred HFS in the 30th day. The corneous layer was reduced in capecitabine-induced HFS in vivo. Moreover, we found that capecitabine could significantly induce keratinocytes cells death in vitro through activated apoptosis pathway and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential. In conclusion, these results suggested that HFS of capecitabine may be developed from reduction of corneous layer through stimulation of intracellular mitochondrial dysfunction following activation of caspase-dependent apoptosis pathway.
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- Min Chen
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Schouten PC, Dackus GMHE, Marchetti S, van Tinteren H, Sonke GS, Schellens JHM, Linn SC. A phase I followed by a randomized phase II trial of two cycles carboplatin-olaparib followed by olaparib monotherapy versus capecitabine in BRCA1- or BRCA2-mutated HER2-negative advanced breast cancer as first line treatment (REVIVAL): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2016; 17:293. [PMID: 27323902 PMCID: PMC4915081 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1423-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Preclinical studies in breast cancer models showed that BRCA1 or BRCA2 deficient cell lines, when compared to BRCA proficient cell lines, are extremely sensitive to PARP1 inhibition. When combining the PARP1 inhibitor olaparib with cisplatin in a BRCA1-mutated breast cancer mouse model, the combination induced a larger response than either of the two compounds alone. Several clinical studies have investigated single agent therapy or combinations of both drugs, but no randomized clinical evidence exists for the superiority of carboplatin-olaparib versus standard of care therapy in patients with BRCA1- or BRCA2--mutated metastatic breast cancer. Methods/design This investigator-initiated study contains two parts. Part 1 is a traditional 3 + 3 dose escalation study of the carboplatin-olaparib combination followed by olaparib monotherapy. The carboplatin dose will be escalated from area under the curve (AUC) 3 to AUC 4 with an olaparib dose of 25 mg BID. Olaparib is subsequently escalated to 50, 75, and 100 mg BID until >1/6 of patients develop dose-limiting toxicity (DLT). The dose level below will be the maximum tolerable dose (MTD). It is expected that 15–20 patients are needed in Part I. In Part 2 BRCA1- or BRCA2-mutated HER2-negative breast cancer patients will be randomized between standard capecitabine 1250 mg/m2 BID day 1–14 q day 22, versus 2 cycles carboplatin-olaparib followed by olaparib monotherapy 300 mg BID. In total 104 events in 110 patients need to be observed to detect a 75 % clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS), from a median of 4 months (control) to 7 months (experimental) assuming a 2-year accrual and ≥6 months of follow-up with 80 % power (5 %, two-sided significance level). After progression on first line treatment, patients will receive physician’s best choice of paclitaxel, vinorelbine, eribulin, or capecitabine (experimental arm only) at standard dose. A compassionate use program of olaparib is available for patients in the standard arm after progression on second line treatment. Discussion Results might be pivotal for registration of olaparib as standard first line treatment in advanced BRCA1- or BRCA2-mutated breast cancer. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02418624. Registered on 9 March 2015. EudraCT number: 2013-005590-41. Registered on 15 October 2014. Protocol version 3.0. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13063-016-1423-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Philip C Schouten
- Department of Molecular Pathology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Pathology, Utrecht University Medical Center, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biometrics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Division of Medical Oncology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Faculty of Science, Utrecht Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Universiteitsweg 99, 3584CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. .,Department of Pathology, Utrecht University Medical Center, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands. .,Division of Medical Oncology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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