2017
DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.723
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Clinical response in patients with ovarian cancer treated with

Abstract: Ovarian cancer (OC) is the leading cause of death from gynaecological cancer. It is extremely hard to diagnose in the early stages and around 70% of patients present with advanced disease. Metronomic chemotherapy (MCT) is described as the chronic administration of, generally low, equally spaced, doses of chemotherapeutic drugs with therapeutic efficacy and low toxicity. This is an effective and low-cost way to treat several types of tumours, including ovarian cancer. Here, we present six cases of advanced ovar… Show more

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“…Several clinical trials using metronomic doses of chemotherapy in heavily treated recurrent patients or in elderly frail OC patients have been tried each showing longer progression free and overall survival compared to MTD regimen [178][179][180]. However, there are no approved metronomic treatment protocols for OC patients.…”
Section: Metronomic Chemotherapymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several clinical trials using metronomic doses of chemotherapy in heavily treated recurrent patients or in elderly frail OC patients have been tried each showing longer progression free and overall survival compared to MTD regimen [178][179][180]. However, there are no approved metronomic treatment protocols for OC patients.…”
Section: Metronomic Chemotherapymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In recent years, the overall survival (OS) rate of patients with OC has improved to some extent due to the development and combinations of treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy and molecularly targeted therapy. However, the prognosis for patients with OC remains relatively poor, which is likely attributable to drug resistance (3,4). Therefore, the identification of a novel method for the prevention of OC drug resistance is necessary.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Basically, it acts by modulation of the tumor microenvironment. 72 Various agents that have been used in ROCs include low dose oral cyclophosphamide and etoposide in combination with hormonal agents that have been elucidated earlier. 73 Some single and series case reports have also described the benefit of adding bevacizumab to metronomic therapy with cyclophosphamide.…”
Section: Metronomic Therapy In Ovarian Cancermentioning
confidence: 99%