BACKGROUND Cancer control by radiotherapy (RT) can be improved with concurrent chemotherapy. Outpatient strategies for sarcomas that combine chemotherapy and RT are possible since supportive care and RT techniques have improved. METHODS The current status of non-anthracycline chemotherapy in combination with radiation for high-risk sarcoma is reviewed. RESULTS Ifosfamide with mesna and newe...

Hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) is a common side effect of cyclophosphamide therapy, which deserves new therapeutic strategies, such as those based on natural products. The ethanol extract of the inner bark of Caesalpinia pyramidalis (Tul.) (EECp) possesses anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, and antioxidant activities as previously showed by our group. We have investigated the effect of EECp on the ...

Background: Cylophosphamide is used alone or in combination with other drugs for treatment of neoplastic diseases. Hemorrhagic cystitis is a major potential toxicity and dose limiting side effect of cyclophosphamide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of lycopene compared with some antioxidants for the prevention of cyclophosphamide induced hemorrhagic cystitis in rats. Methods: ...

OF DISSERTATION DOXORUBICIN-INDUCED, TNF-α -MEDIATED BRAIN OXIDATIVE STRESS, NEUROCHEMICAL ALTERATIONS, AND COGNITIVE DECLINE: INSIGHTS INTO MECHANISMS OF CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND ITS PREVENTION The works presented in this dissertation provide insights into the mechanisms of chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI or “ChemoBrain”) and take steps toward outlining a p...

Free radicals and non-radical reactive molecules as well as several cytokines (e.g. tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin family) and transcription factors (e.g. nuclear factor-κB and activator protein-1) are now known to take part in the pathogenesis of cyclophosphamide (CP) and ifosfamide (IF) induced hemorrhagic cystitis (HC). When these molecular factors are taken into account pathogenesi...

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PURPOSE Angiostatin4.5 (AS4.5), the endogenous human angiostatin, is derived from plasminogen in a two-step process. A plasminogen activator converts plasminogen to plasmin, then plasmin undergoes autoproteolysis to AS4.5. A free sulfhydryl donor can mediate plasmin autoproteolysis. To translate this process to human cancer therapy, we conducted a phase I trial of administration of a tissue pla...

Background: Cylophosphamide is used alone or in combination with other drugs for treatment of neoplastic diseases. Hemorrhagic cystitis is a major potential toxicity and dose limiting side effect of cyclophosphamide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of lycopene compared with some antioxidants for the prevention of cyclophosphamide induced hemorrhagic cystitis in rats. Methods: ...

The Rockefeller University Press $30.00 J. Cell Biol. Vol. 207 No. 4 535–548 www.jcb.org/cgi/doi/10.1083/jcb.201407082 JCB 535 Correspondence to Shengyu Yang: [email protected] Abbreviations used in this paper: CI, confidence interval; IDX, invadopodium degradation index; IP, immunoprecipitation; MESNA, 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; NMDA, N-methyl-d-aspartate...