[Chemotherapy of sarcomas: optimization of existing drugs and new molecules]. / La chimiothérapie des sarcomes: optimisation des substances existantes et nouvelles molécules.

Chemotherapy of sarcomas includes two major drugs: doxorubicin, ifosfamide and a third, dacarbazine, whose effectiveness remains marginal. The current challenge consists in improving the combination of these drugs, in particular by modulating their amounts. New molecules of chemotherapy show their efficiency in sarcomas. Among those, one will note above all gemcitabine and ET-743, in some sub-types. Target therapies and antiangiogenic treatment have also begun to show results. It is advisable from now on to distinguish the different sub-type of sarcomas in order to assess cytotoxic activity.