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Ian Quirt

Researcher at University of Toronto

Publications -  52
Citations -  15342

Ian Quirt is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Chemotherapy. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 52 publications receiving 13834 citations. Previous affiliations of Ian Quirt include Ontario Institute for Cancer Research & University of British Columbia.

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CCI-779 in metastatic melanoma: a phase II trial of the California Cancer Consortium.

TL;DR: CCI‐779 is an analog of the immunosuppressive agent, rapamycin, that has demonstrated activity against melanoma in preclinical models and shown clinical benefit in patients with breast and renal carcinoma.
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Outcome and prognostic factors in soft tissue sarcoma in the adult

TL;DR: This series highlights the overall problem of distant failure in soft tissue sarcoma and reaffirms the importance of obtaining local control both in the head and neck, where uncontrolled local disease is the major cause of death, and in general since local relapse appears to increase the risk of distantFailure.
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Systematic review of systemic adjuvant therapy for patients at high risk for recurrent melanoma

TL;DR: No systemic adjuvant therapy was identified that conferred a significant overall survival benefit in patients with high‐risk, resected, primary melanoma, but high‐dose interferon should be considered in the treatment of these patients, because such therapy is associated with a significant improvement in disease‐free survival and a reduction in 2‐year mortality.