Novel Approaches to Bypassing the Blood-Brain Barrier for Drug Delivery to Brain Tumors

S Kannan, MAR Putra, D Antwi, VWT Cheng - 2024 - Springer
Brain tumors are a group of heterogeneous diseases arising from abnormally proliferating
cells that can negatively impact the eloquent function of this organ. Drug therapies have …

Promising approaches to circumvent the blood–brain barrier: progress, pitfalls and clinical prospects in brain cancer

IT Papademetriou, T Porter - Therapeutic delivery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Brain drug delivery is a major challenge for therapy of central nervous system (CNS)
diseases. Biochemical modifications of drugs or drug nanocarriers, methods of local …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound and microbubbles-mediated drug delivery to brain tumor

SK Wu, CL Tsai, Y Huang, K Hynynen - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The presence of blood–brain barrier (BBB) and/or blood–brain–tumor barriers (BBTB) is one
of the main obstacles to effectively deliver therapeutics to our central nervous system (CNS); …

Novel Treatment Approaches for Brain Tumour from a Blood–Brain Barrier Perspective

SK Wu, CL Tsai, K Hynynen - … , Pharmacology and Pathology of the Blood …, 2021 - Springer
For a chemotherapeutic agent to be effective, it must conquer the presence of blood–brain
barrier (BBB), which limits the penetration of drugs into the brain. Tumours in the brain …

[PDF][PDF] Focused Ultrasound and Microbubbles-Mediated Drug Delivery to Brain Tumor. Pharmaceutics 2021, 13, 15

SK Wu, CL Tsai, Y Huang, K Hynynen - 2020 - ultrasoundandmriforcancertherapy …
The presence of blood–brain barrier (BBB) and/or blood–brain–tumor barriers (BBTB) is one
of the main obstacles to effectively deliver therapeutics to our central nervous system (CNS); …

Drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors–An update

EA Power, JS Rechberger, S Gupta… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Even though the last decade has seen a surge in the identification of molecular targets and
targeted therapies in pediatric brain tumors, the blood brain barrier (BBB) remains a …

Towards controlled drug delivery in brain tumors with microbubble-enhanced focused ultrasound

S Schoen Jr, MS Kilinc, H Lee, Y Guo… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain tumors are particularly challenging malignancies, due to their location in a structurally
and functionally distinct part of the human body–the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS …

Breaking Barriers in Neuro-Oncology: A Scoping Literature Review on Invasive and Non-Invasive Techniques for Blood–Brain Barrier Disruption

M Pinkiewicz, M Pinkiewicz, J Walecki, A Zaczyński… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Advancements in understanding the blood–brain barrier (BBB) and blood–
tumor barrier (BTB) structures emphasize the need to explore functional differences …

Ultrasound‐induced blood‐brain‐barrier opening enhances anticancer efficacy in the treatment of glioblastoma: current status and future prospects

Z Deng, Z Sheng, F Yan - Journal of Oncology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) diffusely infiltrates normal brain tissue. The presence of the
blood‐brain barrier (BBB) poses difficulties for targeted delivery of currently available …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of current drug delivery methods across the blood–brain barrier for the treatment of primary brain tumors

R Haumann, JC Videira, GJL Kaspers… - CNS drugs, 2020 - Springer
Existing drug delivery methods have not led to a significant increase in survival for patients
with malignant primary brain tumors. While the combination of conventional therapies …