Newer therapeutic strategies for soft-tissue sarcomas

Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Aug:188:118-123. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2018.02.014. Epub 2018 Feb 24.

Abstract

Metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma (STS), a devastating disease, has a median overall survival of only 12-18 months. Until recently, therapeutic options were limited and relied primarily on the use of anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Over the past two decades, improvement in the knowledge of the biology of STS has allowed the investigation of new therapeutic strategies including new cytotoxic agents, epigenetic drugs, specific targeted therapies, and immunotherapeutic treatments.

Keywords: Chemotherapy; Epigenetics; Immunotherapy; Metastatic disease; Sarcoma; Targeted therapy.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Checkpoint Kinase 1 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy
  • Immunotherapy, Adoptive
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Sarcoma / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2
  • Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha
  • Checkpoint Kinase 1