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Treatment with venlafaxine combined with topical and systemic clonazepam may be effective in refractory BMS cases but further investigation in a large-scale controlled study is needed to confirm these results.
One-day percutaneous adhesiolysis also was shown to be effective in refractory spinal stenosis [ 44].
Furthermore, RAD001 had effective inhibitory effects on cancer stem cells in vitro and in vivo and, combination treatment with RAD001 and docetaxel or Herceptin® may be effective in refractory metastatic breast cancer [ 51].
In conclusion, a regimen using a continuous infusion of verapamil combined with divided-dose etoposide is tolerable in children, and this strategy may be effective in refractory neuroblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma.
Limited evidence indicates that MMF may be effective in refractory hematological and dermatological manifestations; a reduced disease activity, as assessed by the SLEDAI (SLE disease activity index) and a significant reduction in the oral corticosteroid dose have also been described [ 22- 25].
Immunosuppressive therapy (IST), consisting of antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine A, is effective in refractory cytopenia of childhood (RCC), suggesting that, similar to low-grade myelodysplastic syndromes in adult patients, T lymphocytes are involved in suppressing hematopoiesis in a subset of RCC patients.
The conclusion based on our results is that THAL as a single agent is effective in refractory and relapsed MM patients and that of various established MM prognostic factors, the pretreatment serum albumin level identified the group of patients with a long-term response to THAL therapy.
A recent systematic review [26] found traditional non-operative treatments to be effective in most refractory cases.
Thus, TFT has been proposed to be effective in patients refractory to 5-FU treatment.
This promising compound may also be effective in hormone-refractory PCa models.
Interestingly, the anti-angiogenic drug, thalidomide, has been reported to be effective in patients with refractory MM (D'Amato et al, 1994; Singhal et al, 1999).
