Sarcopenia as a Predictive Factor for Response to Upfront Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy in Patients with Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Bladder Cancer

2018 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Andrea Mari ◽  
David D’Andrea ◽  
Shoji Kimura ◽  
Irene Resch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Predictive Factor ◽  
Urothelial Bladder Cancer ◽  
Urothelial Bladder ◽  
Muscle Invasive

scholarly journals Revisiting Histone Deacetylases in Human Tumorigenesis: The Paradigm of Urothelial Bladder Cancer

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Giannopoulou ◽  
Athanassios Velentzas ◽  
Eumorphia Konstantakou ◽  
Margaritis Avgeris ◽  
Stamatia Katarachia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
Histone Deacetylases ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Hdac Inhibitors ◽  
Urinary Bladder Cancer ◽  
Molecular Heterogeneity ◽  
Urothelial Bladder Cancer ◽  
Urothelial Bladder ◽  
Muscle Invasive

Urinary bladder cancer is a common malignancy, being characterized by substantial patient mortality and management cost. Its high somatic-mutation frequency and molecular heterogeneity usually renders tumors refractory to the applied regimens. Hitherto, methotrexate-vinblastine-adriamycin-cisplatin and gemcitabine-cisplatin represent the backbone of systemic chemotherapy. However, despite the initial chemosensitivity, the majority of treated patients will eventually develop chemoresistance, which severely reduces their survival expectancy. Since chromatin regulation genes are more frequently mutated in muscle-invasive bladder cancer, as compared to other epithelial tumors, targeted therapies against chromatin aberrations in chemoresistant clones may prove beneficial for the disease. “Acetyl-chromatin” homeostasis is regulated by the opposing functions of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs). The HDAC/SIRT (super-)family contains 18 members, which are divided in five classes, with each family member being differentially expressed in normal urinary bladder tissues. Since a strong association between irregular HDAC expression/activity and tumorigenesis has been previously demonstrated, we herein attempt to review the accumulated published evidences that implicate HDACs/SIRTs as critical regulators in urothelial bladder cancer. Moreover, the most extensively investigated HDAC inhibitors (HDACis) are also analyzed, and the respective clinical trials are also described. Interestingly, it seems that HDACis should be preferably used in drug-combination therapeutic schemes, including radiation.

scholarly journals Correction to: SEOM Clinical Guideline for treatment of muscle-invasive and metastatic urothelial bladder cancer (2016)

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 817-817
Author(s):  
M. Lázaro ◽  
E. Gallardo ◽  
M. Doménech ◽  
Á. Pinto ◽  
A. González-del-Alba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Clinical Guideline ◽  
Urothelial Bladder Cancer ◽  
Urothelial Bladder ◽  
Muscle Invasive
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