A prospective randomized trial comparing MVAC and CISCA chemotherapy for patients with metastatic urothelial tumors.

…, FH Dexeus, L Finn, A Sella, RJ Amato… - Journal of Clinical …, 1990 - ascopubs.org
To evaluate the relative efficacy of cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, and Adriamycin (doxorubicin;
Adria Laboratories, Columbus, OH) (CISCA) versus methotrexate, vinblastine, Adriamycin, …

Administration of rhIL-7 in humans increases in vivo TCR repertoire diversity by preferential expansion of naive T cell subsets

…, TJ Fry, J Engels, R Buffet, M Morre, RJ Amato… - The Journal of …, 2008 - rupress.org
Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is a homeostatic cytokine for resting T cells with increasing serum and
tissue levels during T cell depletion. In preclinical studies, IL-7 therapy exerts marked …

Bone-targeted therapy for advanced androgen-independent carcinoma of the prostate: a randomised phase II trial

…, RE Millikan, B Mengistu, ES Delpassand, RJ Amato… - The Lancet, 2001 - thelancet.com
Background Prostate carcinoma is linked to osteoblasticmetastasis. We therefore investigated
the value of bonetargetedconsolidation therapy in selected patients with advanced …

Chemotherapy for renal cell carcinoma.

RJ Amato - Seminars in oncology, 2000 - europepmc.org
Renal cell carcinoma is highly resistant to systemic chemotherapy, and no agent should be
considered standard in the treatment of metastatic disease. At this time, it is appropriate for …

Vaccination of metastatic renal cancer patients with MVA-5T4: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study

RJ Amato, RE Hawkins, HL Kaufman, JA Thompson… - Clinical cancer …, 2010 - AACR
Purpose: The TroVax Renal Immunotherapy Survival Trial was a randomized, placebo-controlled
phase III study that investigated whether modified vaccinia Ankara encoding the tumor …

A phase 2 study with a daily regimen of the oral mTOR inhibitor RAD001 (everolimus) in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell cancer

RJ Amato, J Jac, S Giessinger, S Saxena, JP Willis - Cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Everolimus, an oral mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, affects
tumor growth by blocking growth factor stimulation, arresting cell cycle progression, and …

Phase I study of recombinant human interleukin-7 administration in subjects with refractory malignancy

…, J Engel, R Buffet, M Morre, RJ Amato… - Clinical Cancer …, 2010 - AACR
Purpose: Interleukin-7 (IL-7) has critical and nonredundant roles in T-cell development,
hematopoiesis, and postdevelopmental immune functions as a prototypic homeostatic cytokine. …

Chemotherapy for small cell carcinoma of prostatic origin

RJ Amato, CJ Logothetis, R Hallinan, JY Ro, A Sella… - The Journal of …, 1992 - Elsevier
A total of 21 patients with metastatic small cell carcinoma of the prostate was treated with
combination chemotherapy, either following initial hormonal therapy (15) or as initial therapy (6)…

Quantitation of circulating tumor cells in blood samples from ovarian and prostate cancer patients using tumor‐specific fluorescent ligands

…, KR Kalli, FG Prendergast, RJ Amato… - … journal of cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can provide information on the stage of a
malignancy, onset of disease progression and response to therapy. In an effort to more accurately …

Exploratory study of 99mTc-EC20 imaging for identifying patients with folate receptor–positive solid tumors

…, RA Messmann, RJ Amato - Journal of Nuclear …, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
99m Tc-EC20 is a folate receptor (FR)–targeted imaging agent consisting of the vitamin folate
conjugated to 99m Tc. FR is expressed on a variety of epithelial cancers, with advanced …