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Drug Development Against Metastatic Cancers
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Wang C
; Huang S
Yale J Biol Med
2017[Mar]; 90
(1
): 119-123
PMID28356899
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While combinational diagnostic and treatment strategies over the past decades
have significantly improved the overall survival of cancer patients, metastatic
cancer remains a leading cause of death in developed countries. The lack of
successful treatment strategies for the disease is in large part due to the
complexity of the metastatic transformation, which embodies extensive cellular
and extracellular alterations, enabling metastatic cancer cells to reach and
colonize other organs. The mode of action for the majority of anti-cancer drugs
used in clinics today is primarily tumor growth inhibition. While they are
effective in destroying cancer cells, they fall short in blocking metastasis.
Here we discuss the evolution of past and current anti-cancer drug development,
the limits of current strategies, and possible alternative approaches for future
drug development against metastatic cancers.