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Irinotecan specifically targets topoisomerase I (topoI), and is used to treat various solid tumors, but only 13-32% of patients respond to the therapy.
Hiroya Matsuoka +11 more
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Background Irinotecan is a chemotherapeutic agent used to treat a variety of tumors, including colorectal cancer (CRC). In the intestine, it is transformed into SN-38 by gut microbial enzymes, which is responsible for its toxicity during excretion ...
Marwa S. Mahdy +7 more
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Irinotecan, an analogue of camptothecin, is frequently used as a single agent or in combination with other anticancer drugs for the treatment of colorectal cancer. However, the drug resistance of tumors is a major obstacle to successful cancer treatment.
Seung Ho Choi +4 more
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BackgroundAt present, patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) have few treatment options after receiving anthracyclines and taxanes. Studies have shown that irinotecan has modest systemic activity in some patients previously treated with ...
Jiaojiao Suo +12 more
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Curcumin inhibits UDP‐glucuronyltransferases, a primary metabolic pathway for cancer chemotherapeutic agents like irinotecan. Concurrent administration of both agents may exacerbate irinotecan toxicity.
Olumide B. Gbolahan +9 more
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Introduction Liposomal irinotecan promotes controlled sustained release of irinotecan (CPT-11), therefore, we hypothesize that the therapeutic index (quantitative measurement of the relative efficacy/safety ratio of a drug) will be higher for liposomal ...
Sandrine Barbier +14 more
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Background The irinotecan-induced phosphokinome changes in colorectal cancer (CRC) cells were used to guide the selection of targeted agents to be tested in combination with irinotecan.
Diego Tosi +12 more
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Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third and second most prevalent cancer affecting males and females, respectively. 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and irinotecan are the main chemotherapies for CRC.
Hussain Almasmoum
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Background The 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin plus oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) regimen is the standard first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), however, the optimal second-line regimen for KRAS wild-type mCRC patients is still investigational ...
Yuankai Shi +21 more
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Association between a single nucleotide polymorphism in the R3HCC1 gene and irinotecan toxicity
Objective Irinotecan is a useful anticancer drug for colorectal cancer treatment. UGT1A1*28 and *6 gene polymorphisms are known risk factors for irinotecan‐associated toxicity.
Kou Kanesada +13 more
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