Eribulin (Halaven): a new, effective treatment for women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer

J Menis1, C Twelves21Department of Oncology, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy; 2Leeds Cancer Research UK Centre, University of Leeds and St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds, UKAbstract: Although metastatic breast cancer remains essentially incurable, m...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a5e9b2585b654bbd9e10446da9899e172021-12-02T05:37:35ZEribulin (Halaven): a new, effective treatment for women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer1179-1314https://doaj.org/article/a5e9b2585b654bbd9e10446da9899e172011-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/eribulin-halaven-a-new-effective-treatment-for-women-with-heavily-pret-a8159https://doaj.org/toc/1179-1314J Menis1, C Twelves21Department of Oncology, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy; 2Leeds Cancer Research UK Centre, University of Leeds and St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds, UKAbstract: Although metastatic breast cancer remains essentially incurable, many patients previously treated with an anthracycline, taxane, and capecitabine are relatively fit and keen to receive further therapy. Several drugs are used in this setting, but with little evidence of clinically relevant benefit, and none have previously shown improved survival. Eribulin (Halaven®) is a nontaxane tubulin-binding agent with a novel mode of action, and was recently approved by the European Medicines Agency and US Food and Drug Agency as a single agent for patients with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer. This review provides an overview of the discovery, and preclinical and clinical development of eribulin, culminating in the recently published EMBRACE metastatic breast cancer study.Keywords: eribulin, metastatic breast cancer, pretreatedTwelves CMenis JDove Medical PressarticleNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282ENBreast Cancer: Targets and Therapy, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 101-111 (2011)
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Eribulin (Halaven): a new, effective treatment for women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer
description J Menis1, C Twelves21Department of Oncology, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy; 2Leeds Cancer Research UK Centre, University of Leeds and St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds, UKAbstract: Although metastatic breast cancer remains essentially incurable, many patients previously treated with an anthracycline, taxane, and capecitabine are relatively fit and keen to receive further therapy. Several drugs are used in this setting, but with little evidence of clinically relevant benefit, and none have previously shown improved survival. Eribulin (Halaven®) is a nontaxane tubulin-binding agent with a novel mode of action, and was recently approved by the European Medicines Agency and US Food and Drug Agency as a single agent for patients with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer. This review provides an overview of the discovery, and preclinical and clinical development of eribulin, culminating in the recently published EMBRACE metastatic breast cancer study.Keywords: eribulin, metastatic breast cancer, pretreated
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title Eribulin (Halaven): a new, effective treatment for women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer
title_short Eribulin (Halaven): a new, effective treatment for women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer
title_full Eribulin (Halaven): a new, effective treatment for women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer
title_fullStr Eribulin (Halaven): a new, effective treatment for women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed Eribulin (Halaven): a new, effective treatment for women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer
title_sort eribulin (halaven): a new, effective treatment for women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer
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