Kasper Bernd
Sarcoma Unit, Interdisciplinary Tumor Center Mannheim, Mannheim University Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
Clin Sarcoma Res. 2019 Apr 10;9:5. doi: 10.1186/s13569-019-0115-4. eCollection 2019.
Soft tissue sarcomas are rare malignancies of mesenchymal origin comprising about 1% of all adult cancers. Systemic therapies for locally advanced and metastatic disease have been restricted for decades to very few effective and approved agents such as doxorubicin and ifosfamide. However, new therapeutic avenues including new drug developments and registrations such as trabectedin, pazopanib and eribulin as well as numerous clinical trial options have recently enriched the therapeutic armamentarium in the treatment of patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas. The challenges and pitfalls of finding such new therapeutic avenues in recent years for the treatment benefit of patients with soft tissue sarcomas will be presented in this chapter within the thematic series on "Challenges in Sarcoma".
软组织肉瘤是一种罕见的间叶源性恶性肿瘤,约占所有成人癌症的1%。几十年来,针对局部晚期和转移性疾病的全身治疗一直局限于极少数有效的获批药物,如阿霉素和异环磷酰胺。然而,新的治疗途径,包括曲贝替定、帕唑帕尼和艾瑞布林等新药的研发和获批,以及众多临床试验选择,最近丰富了晚期软组织肉瘤患者治疗的武器库。本章将在“肉瘤治疗的挑战”这一主题系列中介绍近年来为软组织肉瘤患者寻求此类新治疗途径时所面临的挑战和陷阱。