Tumor development and angiogenesis in adult brain tumor: glioblastoma

BK Ahir, HH Engelhard, SS Lakka - Molecular neurobiology, 2020 - Springer
Angiogenesis is the growth of new capillaries from the preexisting blood vessels.
Glioblastoma (GBM) tumors are highly vascularized tumors, and glioma growth depends on …

Mechanisms of angiogenesis in gliomas

O Kargiotis, JS Rao, AP Kyritsis - Journal of neuro-oncology, 2006 - Springer
Gliomas are the most frequent primary tumors of the central nervous system in adults.
Glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive form of astrocytic tumors, displays a rapid …

Tumour angiogenesis: its mechanism and therapeutic implications in malignant gliomas

MLH Wong, A Prawira, AH Kaye, CM Hovens - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis is a key event in the progression of malignant gliomas. The presence of
microvascular proliferation leads to the histological diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme …

New molecular targets in angiogenic vessels of glioblastoma tumours

JC Anderson, BC McFarland… - Expert reviews in …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Antiangiogenesis approaches have the potential to be particularly effective in the treatment
of glioblastoma tumours. These tumours exhibit extremely high levels of neovascularisation …

Antiangiogenesis–therapeutic strategies and clinical implications for brain tumors

VK Puduvalli, R Sawaya - Journal of neuro-oncology, 2000 - Springer
The poor prognosis of patients with malignant brain tumors in spite of aggressive
multimodality therapy has led to the search for novel therapeutic strategies. Among the …

Angiogenesis as a therapeutic target in malignant gliomas

AS Chi, AG Sorensen, RK Jain, TT Batchelor - The oncologist, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Currently, adult glioblastoma (GBM) patients have poor outcomes with conventional
cytotoxic treatments. Because GBMs are highly angiogenic tumors, inhibitors that target …

Current perspectives on antiangiogenesis strategies in the treatment of malignant gliomas

M Jansen, PC de Witt Hamer, AN Witmer, D Troost… - Brain research …, 2004 - Elsevier
Progressive tumor growth depends on angiogenesis to sustain metabolic needs of tumor
cells, thus providing a potential target for cancer therapy. Malignant gliomas have retained …

Molecular therapeutic targets for glioma angiogenesis

S Takano, T Yamashita, O Ohneda - Journal of oncology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the prominent angiogenesis that occurs in malignant glioma, antiangiogenic therapy
has been attempted. There have been several molecular targets that are specific to …

Angiogenesis in malignant glioma—a target for antitumor therapy?

J Tuettenberg, C Friedel, P Vajkoczy - Critical reviews in oncology …, 2006 - Elsevier
The prognosis of malignant gliomas is still dismal despite aggressive treatment attempts.
Thus, alternative therapy strategies are needed. Malignant gliomas are upon the best …

Tumor angiogenesis and anti-angiogenic therapy in malignant gliomas revisited

KH Plate, A Scholz, DJ Dumont - Acta neuropathologica, 2012 - Springer
The cellular and molecular mechanisms of tumor angiogenesis and its prospects for anti-
angiogenic cancer therapy are major issues in almost all current concepts of both cancer …