| Literature DB >> 21080821 |
Manfred Schmitt1, Karin Mengele, Rudolf Napieralski, Viktor Magdolen, Ute Reuning, Apostolos Gkazepis, Fred Sweep, Nils Brünner, John Foekens, Nadia Harbeck.
Abstract
The prognostic and/or predictive value of the cancer biomarkers, urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its inhibitor (plasminogen activator inhibitor [PAI]-1), determined by ELISA in tumor-tissue extracts, was demonstrated for several cancer types in numerous clinically relevant retrospective or prospective studies, including a multicenter breast cancer therapy trial (Chemo-N0). Consequently, for the first time ever for any cancer biomarker for breast cancer, uPA and PAI-1 have reached the highest level of evidence, level-of-evidence-1. At present, two other breast cancer therapy trials, NNBC-3 and Plan B, also incorporating uPA and PAI-1 as treatment-assignment tools are in effect. Furthermore, small synthetic molecules targeting uPA are currently in Phase II clinical trials in patients afflicted with advanced cancer of the ovary, breast or pancreas.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 21080821 DOI： 10.1586/erm.10.71
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Expert Rev Mol Diagn ISSN： 1473-7159 Impact factor: 5.225