1. Disease control with prior platinum-based chemotherapy is prognostic for survival in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer treated with atezolizumab in real-world practiceMarina Mencinger, Dushan Mangaroski, Urška Bokal, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: Background. Atezolizumab, a programmed-death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor, is a novel treatment option for patients with metastatic urothelial cancer (mUC). Clinical prognostic factors, survival outcomes, and the safety of patients with mUC treated with atezolizumab, in a real-world setting, were investigated.Patients and methods. 62 patients with mUC, treated at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana between May 8th 2018 and Dec 31st 2019, were included. Response rates and immune-related adverse events (irAE) were collected. Progression-free survival and overall survival times were assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method. The Cox propor-tional hazards model was applied to identify the factors affecting survival. Results. Of 62 patients, five (8.1%) have not yet been evaluated and 20 (32%) died prior to the first radiographic evaluation. We observed clinical benefit in 19 (33%), objective response in 12 (21%), and complete response in five (9%) patients. Median overall survival for the whole population was 6.8 (95% CI, 2.6–11.0), for platinum-naïve 8.7 (95% CI: 0.8–16.5), and for the platinum-treated group 6.8 (95% CI, 3.7–10) months. At the 5.8 (0.3–23.1) month median follow-up, the median duration of the response was not reached. IrAE occurred in 20 (32%) patients and seven (11%) of them discontinued the treatment. Multivariate analysis in platinum-treated patients showed that a treatment-free interval of more than six months was prognostic for overall survival (OS). Conclusions. Responses to atezolizumab led to long disease remission in a subset of our patients. The median OS in our real-world population was compromised by a large percentage of patients with poor ECOG performance status (PS). A treatment-free interval from chemotherapy was associated with the longer survival of platinum-treated pa-tients with mUC receiving further atezolizumab.
Keywords: PD-L1 inhibitor, urothelial cancer, bladder, atezolizumab
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2. Imunski fenotipi v mikrookolju primarnega tumorja in jetrnih zasevkov pri bolnici s silovitim razsojem vnetnega, trojno negativnega raka dojke v jetra med neoadjuvantnim zdravljenjem s citostatiki in zaviralcem imunskih kontrolnih točkMarina Mencinger, Snežana Pavlović Djokić, Vida Stegel, Srdjan Novaković, Juan Antonio Contreras, Andreja Klevišar Ivančič, 2022, published professional conference contribution abstract Keywords: onkologija, rak dojke, kemoterapija
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3. Nižje število cirkulirajočih tumorskih celic v poznih linijah razsejanega raka dojkSilvester Jernej, Klara Geršak, Marina Mencinger, Tanja Ovčariček, Tanja Jesenko, Živa Pišljar, Simona Miceska, Maja Čemažar, Veronika Kloboves-Prevodnik, Cvetka Grašič-Kuhar, 2022, published professional conference contribution abstract Keywords: onkologija, rak dojke, kemoterapija
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4. Metastatski, na kastracijo odporen rak prostate : radionuklidi, zaviralec imunskih nadzornih točk in zaviralci poli-ADP-riboza polimerazeMarina Mencinger, 2023, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: V pričujočem prispevku opisujemo zdravila z različnim mehanizmom delovanja: radij-223 (Ra-223), lutecij-177-PSMA-167 (Lu-177-PSMA), zaviralci imunskih nadzornih točk (ZINT) ter zaviralci poli-ADP-riboza polimeraze (PARP), ki so bila v zadnjih letih registrirana s strani ameriške in/ali evropske agencije za zdravila (angl. FDA, EMA) za zdravljenje bolnikov z metastatskim, na kastracijo odpornim rakom prostate (mKORP).
Keywords: rak prostate, onkološko zdravljenje, kemoterapija
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7. Establishment of a virtual transborder tumor board for cancer patients in Central and Southeastern Europe : an initiative of the Central European Cooperative Oncology Group (CECOG)Christiane Thallinger, Peter Berzinec, Emina Bicakcic, Adelina Dan, Gabriella Fabian, Laurentia Nicoletta Gales, Cvetka Grašič-Kuhar, Urška Janžič, Marina Mencinger, Christoph Zielinski, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: o establish a transborder virtual tumor board (VTB) fostering state-of-the-art management of cancer patients by exchanging knowledge and expertise among oncologists in Central and Southeastern Europe (CEE). Methods: We established and implemented a VTB based on the WebEx platform. This allowed for password-protected and secure upload of patient cases to be presented and discussed among colleagues from various oncology centers scattered throughout CEE in order to arrive at a recommendation for further diagnoses and/or treatment. Results: A total of 73 cases from 16 oncology centers located in 11 CEE countries were uploaded by 22 physicians; 71 were discussed over the course of 17 virtual meetings between June 2018 and May 2019 and 12 different kinds of malignant diseases were discussed with lung cancer (46.6%), melanoma (19.2%) and bladder cancer (13.6%) being the most commonly presented tumor entities. Of the discussed patients, 93.3% had stage IV disease at the time of presentation, 62.6% received chemotherapy or targeted treatment and 67.1% were treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPIs). The most common causes for presentation and discussion of patient cases were related to the use of ICPIs (80%). Conclusion: When the need for expertise exceeds locally available resources, web-based VTBs provide a feasible way to discuss patient cases and arrive at conclusions regarding diagnoses and/or treatment across large geographic distances. Moreover, VTBs provide an innovative way for proper, state-of-the-art management of patients with malignant diseases in times of social distancing and the resulting need for restricted interaction during the current SARS-CoV‑2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2) pandemic.
Keywords: CECOG, Osrednja in jugovzhodna Evropa, nadzorni imunski zaviralci, maligne bolezni
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