Key steps for effective breast cancer prevention

KL Britt, J Cuzick, KA Phillips - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Despite decades of laboratory, epidemiological and clinical research, breast cancer
incidence continues to rise. Breast cancer remains the leading cancer-related cause of …

Targeting macrophages: therapeutic approaches in cancer

L Cassetta, JW Pollard - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
Infiltration of macrophages in solid tumours is associated with poor prognosis and correlates
with chemotherapy resistance in most cancers. In mouse models of cancer, macrophages …

Mechanisms of action of bisphosphonates: similarities and differences and their potential influence on clinical efficacy

RGG Russell, NB Watts, FH Ebetino… - Osteoporosis …, 2008 - Springer
Bisphosphonates (BPs) are well established as the leading drugs for the treatment of
osteoporosis. There is new knowledge about how they work. The differences that exist …

Endocrine therapy plus zoledronic acid in premenopausal breast cancer

M Gnant, B Mlineritsch, W Schip**er… - … England Journal of …, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Ovarian suppression plus tamoxifen is a standard adjuvant treatment in
premenopausal women with endocrine-responsive breast cancer. Aromatase inhibitors are …

Depletion of tumor-associated macrophages enhances the effect of sorafenib in metastatic liver cancer models by antimetastatic and antiangiogenic effects

W Zhang, XD Zhu, HC Sun, YQ **ong, PY Zhuang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2010 - AACR
Purpose: To investigate the role of macrophages in tumor progression under sorafenib
treatment and to explore whether combination of drugs that deplete macrophages improved …

Bone and brain metastasis in lung cancer: recent advances in therapeutic strategies

C D'Antonio, A Passaro, B Gori… - … in medical oncology, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Bone and brain metastases are a very common secondary localization of disease in patients
with lung cancer. The prognosis of these patients is still poor with a median survival of less …

[HTML][HTML] Guidance on the use of bisphosphonates in solid tumours: recommendations of an international expert panel

M Aapro, PA Abrahamsson, JJ Body, RE Coleman… - Annals of oncology, 2008 - Elsevier
Abstract Bisphosphonates (BP) prevent, reduce, and delay cancer-related skeletal
complications in patients, and have substantially decreased the prevalence of such events …

Zoledronic acid repolarizes tumour‐associated macrophages and inhibits mammary carcinogenesis by targeting the mevalonate pathway

M Coscia, E Quaglino, M Iezzi, C Curcio… - Journal of cellular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
It is unknown whether zoledronic acid (ZA) at clinically relevant doses is active against
tumours not located in bone. Mice transgenic for the activated ErbB‐2 oncogene were …

Pharmacology of bisphosphonates

S Cremers, S Papapoulos - Bone, 2011 - Elsevier
Four decades of preclinical and clinical research of the pharmacology of bisphosphonates
have generated data and concepts that have considerably improved their clinical use …

Breast cancer in young women

CA Gabriel, SM Domchek - Breast cancer research, 2010 - Springer
Although uncommon, breast cancer in young women is worthy of special attention due to the
unique and complex issues that are raised. This article reviews specific challenges …