Mevalonate pathway blockage enhances the efficacy of mTOR inhibitors with the activation of retinoblastoma protein in renal cell carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common malignancy of kidney and remains largely intractable once it recurs after resection. mTOR inhibitors have been one of the mainstays used against recurrent RCC; however, there has been a major problem of the resistance to mTOR inhibitors, and thus new combination treatments with mTOR inhibitors are required. We here retrospectively showed that regular use of antilipidemic drug statins could provide a longer progression free survival (PFS) in RCC patients prescribed with an mTOR inhibitor everolimus than without statins (median PFS, 7.5 months vs.

Source: Cancer Letters - May 17, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Nobuhisa Hagiwara, Motoki Watanabe, Mahiro Iizuka-Ohashi, Isao Yokota, Seijiro Toriyama, Mamiko Sukeno, Mitsuhiro Tomosugi, Yoshihiro Sowa, Fumiya Hongo, Kazuya Mikami, Jintetsu Soh, Akira Fujito, Hiroaki Miyashita, Yukako Morioka, Tsuneharu Miki, Osamu U Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research