Moving Beyond Response Criteria: New Measures of Success in the Treatment of Sarcomas

Opinion statement There is an urgent need to develop new therapies for soft tissue sarcomas. Traditional cytotoxic therapies, such as doxorubicin and ifosfamide, have been the standard approach to this disease. However, newer paradigms are emerging that are less toxic while targeting dysregulated pa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current treatment options in oncology 2012-09, Vol.13 (3), p.299-305
Hauptverfasser: Hendifar, Andrew E., Ahlmann, Elke, Allison, Daniel C., Hu, James, Menendez, Lawrence, Chawla, Sant P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Opinion statement There is an urgent need to develop new therapies for soft tissue sarcomas. Traditional cytotoxic therapies, such as doxorubicin and ifosfamide, have been the standard approach to this disease. However, newer paradigms are emerging that are less toxic while targeting dysregulated pathways, tumor hypoxia, and genetic translocations. These newer therapies require different measures of activity as standard response criteria may inaccurately measure their effectiveness. Serious consideration of select endpoints and measures of tumor response are crucial to make significant strides in the treatment of sarcomas. Current studies on soft tissue sarcomas are slowly abandoning response rates while employing progression-free survival and time to progression as improved endpoints. With time and data, our understanding of the relative activity of these agents will grow and lead to improved benefits for our patients.
ISSN:1527-2729
1534-6277
DOI:10.1007/s11864-012-0197-1