Objective:The aim of this study was to observe and compare the antiemetic effectiveness and adverse events of magnetotherapy plus 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT3) receptor inhibitor granisetron hydrochloride vs granisetron...Objective:The aim of this study was to observe and compare the antiemetic effectiveness and adverse events of magnetotherapy plus 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT3) receptor inhibitor granisetron hydrochloride vs granisetron hydrochloride alone in patients with chemotherapy.Methods:Sixty-four patients were randomized to receive either granisetron hydrochloride alone (control group:granisetron hydrochloride 3 mg intervenous infusion before chemotherapy, from the 1st day of chemotherapy course until the day after chemotherapy course completed) or magnetotherapy plus granisetron hydrochloride (treatment group:the same granisetron hydrochloride regimen plus rotatory magnetotherapy of 1 every day after chemotherapy for 5 begin with chemotherapy).Baseline characteristics were similar in both groups.The patients' emesia was evaluated according to WHO's criteria.The density of 5-HT3 was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results:In the treatment of acute vomiting, there was no significant difference between two groups (P>0.05), but in the treatment of tardive vomiting, the effectiveness in treatment group was better than that in control group (P<0.05).The density of 5-HT3 in treatment group and control group were (225.32±57.29) ng/mL vs (213.00 ±53.29) ng/mL before chemotherapy and (273.88 ±75.42) ng/mL vs (313.17±76.36) ng/mL after chemotherapy (P<0.01); the rate of adverse events was 36.36% and 48.39% respectively in treatment group and control group (P>0.05).Conclusion:Magnetotherapy plus granisetron hydrochloride provide better effectiveness than granisetron hydrochloride alone, and both therapies have synergistic effect.The adverse events didn't raised in treatment group.展开更多
Androgens play an important role in prostate cancer(PCa)development and progression.Although androgen deprivation therapy remains the front-line treatment for advanced prostate cancer,patients eventually relapse with ...Androgens play an important role in prostate cancer(PCa)development and progression.Although androgen deprivation therapy remains the front-line treatment for advanced prostate cancer,patients eventually relapse with the lethal form of the disease.The prostate tumor microenvironment is characterised by elevated tissue androgens that are capable of activating the androgen receptor(AR).Inhibiting the steroidogenic enzymes that play vital roles in the biosynthesis of testosterone(T)and dihydrotestosterone(DHT)seems to be an attractive strategy for PCa therapies.Emerging data suggest a role for the enzymes mediating pre-receptor control of T and DHT biosynthesis by alternative pathways in controlling intratumoral androgen levels,and thereby influencing PCa progression.This supports the idea for the development of multi-targeting strategies,involving both dual and multiple inhibitors of androgen-metabolising enzymes that are able to affect androgen synthesis and signalling at different points in the biosynthesis.In this review,we will focus on CYP17A1,AKR1C3,HSD17B3 and SRD5A,as these enzymes play essential roles in all the three androgenic pathways.We will review also the AR as an additional target for the design of bifunctional drugs.Targeting intracrine androgens and AKR1C3 have potential to overcome enzalutamide and abiraterone resistance and improve survival of advanced prostate cancer patients.展开更多
基金Supported by a grant from the Government Science and Technology Agency of Zhejiang Province (No.2006C23018)
文摘Objective:The aim of this study was to observe and compare the antiemetic effectiveness and adverse events of magnetotherapy plus 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT3) receptor inhibitor granisetron hydrochloride vs granisetron hydrochloride alone in patients with chemotherapy.Methods:Sixty-four patients were randomized to receive either granisetron hydrochloride alone (control group:granisetron hydrochloride 3 mg intervenous infusion before chemotherapy, from the 1st day of chemotherapy course until the day after chemotherapy course completed) or magnetotherapy plus granisetron hydrochloride (treatment group:the same granisetron hydrochloride regimen plus rotatory magnetotherapy of 1 every day after chemotherapy for 5 begin with chemotherapy).Baseline characteristics were similar in both groups.The patients' emesia was evaluated according to WHO's criteria.The density of 5-HT3 was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results:In the treatment of acute vomiting, there was no significant difference between two groups (P>0.05), but in the treatment of tardive vomiting, the effectiveness in treatment group was better than that in control group (P<0.05).The density of 5-HT3 in treatment group and control group were (225.32±57.29) ng/mL vs (213.00 ±53.29) ng/mL before chemotherapy and (273.88 ±75.42) ng/mL vs (313.17±76.36) ng/mL after chemotherapy (P<0.01); the rate of adverse events was 36.36% and 48.39% respectively in treatment group and control group (P>0.05).Conclusion:Magnetotherapy plus granisetron hydrochloride provide better effectiveness than granisetron hydrochloride alone, and both therapies have synergistic effect.The adverse events didn't raised in treatment group.
基金support in part from University of Turin(Ricerca Locale grant 2014 and 2015).
文摘Androgens play an important role in prostate cancer(PCa)development and progression.Although androgen deprivation therapy remains the front-line treatment for advanced prostate cancer,patients eventually relapse with the lethal form of the disease.The prostate tumor microenvironment is characterised by elevated tissue androgens that are capable of activating the androgen receptor(AR).Inhibiting the steroidogenic enzymes that play vital roles in the biosynthesis of testosterone(T)and dihydrotestosterone(DHT)seems to be an attractive strategy for PCa therapies.Emerging data suggest a role for the enzymes mediating pre-receptor control of T and DHT biosynthesis by alternative pathways in controlling intratumoral androgen levels,and thereby influencing PCa progression.This supports the idea for the development of multi-targeting strategies,involving both dual and multiple inhibitors of androgen-metabolising enzymes that are able to affect androgen synthesis and signalling at different points in the biosynthesis.In this review,we will focus on CYP17A1,AKR1C3,HSD17B3 and SRD5A,as these enzymes play essential roles in all the three androgenic pathways.We will review also the AR as an additional target for the design of bifunctional drugs.Targeting intracrine androgens and AKR1C3 have potential to overcome enzalutamide and abiraterone resistance and improve survival of advanced prostate cancer patients.