Efficacy and safety of Anlotinib in the treatment of advanced sarcoma / 中华肿瘤杂志

Objective: Patients with advanced sarcomas have a dismal prognosis with few effective therapies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anlotinib in the treatment of advanced sarcoma and to explore the relationship between adverse events (AEs) and efficacy. Methods: Data from 45 advanced sarcoma patients who received anlotinib monotherapy at Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University between June 2018 and August 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. According to Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1, the objective remission rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) were calculated, and the progression free survival (PFS) and treatment-related AEs were recorded and analyzed. Survival analysis was conducted using the Kaplan-Meier survival rates were compared using the Log rank test. Results: Forty patients were treated for more than 1.5 months and received efficacy evaluation. The ORR and DCR after 3 months were 7.5%(3/40) and 80.0%(32/40), respectively. The overall ORR was 2.5%(1/40), the total DCR was 27.5%(11/40), and the median progression-free survival (m-PFS) was 6.70 months; The m-PFS of alveolar soft tissue sarcoma (ASPS) was 10.27 months, which was significantly longer than that of other subtypes of sarcoma (P=0.048). In addition, the DCR of ASPS and synovial sarcoma (SS) was significantly better than that of osteosarcoma (P<0.05). The most common AEs were elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (17.8%, 8/45), anemia (15.6%, 7/45), fatigue (11.1%, 5/45). Five patients developed grade 3 AEs after treatment; The PFS of patients with hand-foot syndrome after treatment was significantly longer than that of patients without hand-foot syndrome (14.10 vs 6.00, P=0.024). Conclusions: The efficacy of anlotinib in the treatment of ASPS and SS is better than that of other subtypes. The PFS in the group with hand-foot syndrome was significantly longer than that of the group without hand-foot syndrome.

Efficacy and safety of Anlotinib in the treatment of advanced sarcoma / 中华肿瘤杂志

Objective: Patients with advanced sarcomas have a dismal prognosis with few effective therapies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anlotinib in the treatment of advanced sarcoma and to explore the relationship between adverse events (AEs) and efficacy. Methods: Data from 45 advanced sarcoma patients who received anlotinib monotherapy at Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University between June 2018 and August 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. According to Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1, the objective remission rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) were calculated, and the progression free survival (PFS) and treatment-related AEs were recorded and analyzed. Survival analysis was conducted using the Kaplan-Meier survival rates were compared using the Log rank test. Results: Forty patients were treated for more than 1.5 months and received efficacy evaluation. The ORR and DCR after 3 months were 7.5%(3/40) and 80.0%(32/40), respectively. The overall ORR was 2.5%(1/40), the total DCR was 27.5%(11/40), and the median progression-free survival (m-PFS) was 6.70 months; The m-PFS of alveolar soft tissue sarcoma (ASPS) was 10.27 months, which was significantly longer than that of other subtypes of sarcoma (P=0.048). In addition, the DCR of ASPS and synovial sarcoma (SS) was significantly better than that of osteosarcoma (P<0.05). The most common AEs were elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (17.8%, 8/45), anemia (15.6%, 7/45), fatigue (11.1%, 5/45). Five patients developed grade 3 AEs after treatment; The PFS of patients with hand-foot syndrome after treatment was significantly longer than that of patients without hand-foot syndrome (14.10 vs 6.00, P=0.024). Conclusions: The efficacy of anlotinib in the treatment of ASPS and SS is better than that of other subtypes. The PFS in the group with hand-foot syndrome was significantly longer than that of the group without hand-foot syndrome.

Biphasic synovial sarcoma of oral cavity

Synovial sarcoma is a mesenchymal spindle cell tumour, which is unrelated to synovium and shows variable epithelial differentiation. Typically, synovial sarcoma arises in the soft tissues of the extremities but cases in the head and neck region are less common and oral cavity involvement is extremely rare. A 17-year-old girl presented with a gradually increasing swelling on the right cheek for 2 years, which on biopsy, revealed a biphasic tumour comprising fascicles of spindle shaped cells with gland formation by epithelial cells and scattered masts cells. Histological diagnosis of biphasic synovial sarcoma was confirmed on immunohistochemistry by strong positivity for EMA, S-100 and CD-99 in both epithelial as well as spindle cell areas