Current standards of care in glioblastoma therapy

C Fernandes, A Costa, L Osório, RC Lago… - Exon …, 2017 - exonpublications.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults.
Regardless of ideal multidisciplinary treatment, including maximal surgical resection …

Advances in brain tumor surgery for glioblastoma in adults

M Lara-Velazquez, R Al-Kharboosh, S Jeanneret… - Brain sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary intracranial neoplasia, and is
characterized by its extremely poor prognosis. Despite maximum surgery, chemotherapy …

BRAF Inhibition in BRAFV600-Mutant Gliomas: Results From the VE-BASKET Study

T Kaley, M Touat, V Subbiah, A Hollebecque… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose BRAF V600 mutations are frequently found in several glioma subtypes, including
pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) and ganglioglioma and much less commonly in …

Updated response assessment criteria for high-grade gliomas: response assessment in neuro-oncology working group

PY Wen, DR Macdonald, DA Reardon… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - ascopubs.org
Currently, the most widely used criteria for assessing response to therapy in high-grade
gliomas are based on two-dimensional tumor measurements on computed tomography (CT) …

The histone H3. 3K27M mutation in pediatric glioma reprograms H3K27 methylation and gene expression

KM Chan, D Fang, H Gan, R Hashizume… - Genes & …, 2013 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Recent studies have identified a Lys 27-to-methionine (K27M) mutation at one allele of
H3F3A, one of the two genes encoding histone H3 variant H3. 3, in 60% of high-grade …

Efficacy and safety of intratumoral thermotherapy using magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles combined with external beam radiotherapy on patients with recurrent …

K Maier-Hauff, F Ulrich, D Nestler, H Niehoff… - Journal of neuro …, 2011 - Springer
Therapy options at the time of recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme are often limited. We
investigated whether treatment with a new intratumoral thermotherapy procedure using …

Phase III randomized trial comparing the efficacy of cediranib as monotherapy, and in combination with lomustine, versus lomustine alone in patients with recurrent …

TT Batchelor, P Mulholland, B Neyns… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - ascopubs.org
Purpose A randomized, phase III, placebo-controlled, partially blinded clinical trial (REGAL
[Recentin in Glioblastoma Alone and With Lomustine]) was conducted to determine the …

Bevacizumab alone and in combination with irinotecan in recurrent glioblastoma

HS Friedman, MD Prados, PY Wen… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Purpose We evaluated the efficacy of bevacizumab, alone and in combination with
irinotecan, in patients with recurrent glioblastoma in a phase II, multicenter, open-label …

Malignant gliomas in adults

PY Wen, S Kesari - New England Journal of Medicine, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Malignant gliomas, the most common type of primary brain tumor in adults, are associated
with disproportionate cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Recently, there have been …

Phase II trial of single-agent bevacizumab followed by bevacizumab plus irinotecan at tumor progression in recurrent glioblastoma

TN Kreisl, L Kim, K Moore, P Duic, C Royce… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To evaluate single-agent activity of bevacizumab in patients with recurrent
glioblastoma. Patients and Methods Patients with recurrent glioblastoma were treated with …