MGMT promoter methylation status testing to guide therapy for glioblastoma: refining the approach based on emerging evidence and current challenges

A Mansouri, LD Hachem, S Mansouri, F Nassiri… - Neuro …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor, with a universally
poor prognosis. The emergence of molecular biomarkers has had a significant impact on …

Tumor heterogeneity in glioblastomas: from light microscopy to molecular pathology

AP Becker, BE Sells, SJ Haque, A Chakravarti - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastomas (GBMs) are the most frequent and aggressive malignant
tumors arising in the human brain. One of the main reasons for GBM aggressiveness is its …

MGMT status as a clinical biomarker in glioblastoma

M Butler, L Pongor, YT Su, L Xi, M Raffeld, M Quezado… - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumor. Although current standard
therapy extends median survival to~ 15 months, most patients do not have a sustained …

MGMT promoter methylation testing to predict overall survival in people with glioblastoma treated with temozolomide: a comprehensive meta-analysis based on a …

S Brandner, A McAleenan, C Kelly, F Spiga… - Neuro …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The DNA repair protein O 6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT)
causes resistance of tumor cells to alkylating agents. It is a predictive biomarker in high …

Integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning into cancer clinical trials

J Kang, AK Chowdhry, SL Pugh, JH Park - Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2023 - Elsevier
The practice of oncology requires analyzing and synthesizing abundant data. From the
patient's workup to determine eligibility to the therapies received to the post-treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Glioblastoma update: molecular biology, diagnosis, treatment, response assessment, and translational clinical trials

F Lieberman - F1000Research, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This is an exciting time in neuro-oncology. Discoveries elucidating the molecular
mechanisms of oncogenesis and the molecular subtypes of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) …

The prognostic value of preoperative systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) in patients with high-grade glioma and the establishment of a nomogram

Q He, L Li, Q Ren - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background The predictive value of systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) was
confirmed in some malignant tumors. However, few studies investigated the prognostic …

Clinically relevant imaging features for MGMT promoter methylation in multiple glioblastoma studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CH Suh, HS Kim, SC Jung… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND: O6-methylguanine methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation status
has been reported as a prognostic biomarker in clinical trials. PURPOSE: Our aim was to …

Tumour Treating Fields (TTFields) in combination with lomustine and temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma

L Lazaridis, N Schäfer, S Teuber-Hanselmann… - Journal of cancer …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose In the EF-14 trial for newly diagnosed glioblastoma (ndGBM) patients addition of
Tumour Treating Fields (TTFields) to temozolomide treatment resulted in a significantly …

Personalized risk prediction in clinical oncology research: applications and practical issues using survival trees and random forests

C Hu, JA Steingrimsson - Journal of biopharmaceutical statistics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A crucial component of making individualized treatment decisions is to
accurately predict each patient's disease risk. In clinical oncology, disease risks are often …