2014
DOI: 10.5114/wo.2014.43153
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Review Trabectedin as a single agent and in combination with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin – activity against ovarian cancer cells

Abstract: Over 225 000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed each year. Symptoms are often vague, so most cases are detected when the disease is at an advanced stage. There is a need to find new drugs which will be able to treat ovarian cancer effectively. One of the most promising antineoplastic agents is trabectedin (Yondelis), derived from the marine tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinata, approved by the European Union in July 2007 for the treatment of soft-tissue sarcomas. This drug shows a mechanism of action based … Show more

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“…Ovarian cancer is termed 'the silent killer' due to its lack of obvious symptoms. Annually, >225,000 ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed and it causes 125,000 mortalities ( 1 ). Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy in the United States ( 2 ).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Ovarian cancer is termed 'the silent killer' due to its lack of obvious symptoms. Annually, >225,000 ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed and it causes 125,000 mortalities ( 1 ). Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy in the United States ( 2 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of the newly diagnosed cases, 70% are diagnosed at a late stage, for which the 5-year survival rate is 9–35% ( 3 ). For patients with advanced ovarian cancer, metastasis is one of the major causes of treatment failure and mortality ( 1 3 ). Thus, researching invasive and metastatic mechanisms is important for improving ovarian cancer-associated survival and cure rates.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The issue of conserving the ovaries at hysterectomy in premenopausal women with benign gynecologic disease has been the subject of considerable controversy [ 1 – 5 ]. Some clinicians prefer prophylactic oophorectomy in premenopausal women during hysterectomy to prevent future development of malignant changes in conserved ovaries [ 6 16 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The lack of efficient and early detection is the reason for its high mortality rate (1). Ovarian cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women and has the highest mortality rate among all gynecological cancers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%