Glioblastoma multiforme: Pathogenesis and treatment

C Alifieris, DT Trafalis - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Each year, about 5–6 cases out of 100,000 people are diagnosed with primary
malignant brain tumors, of which about 80% are malignant gliomas (MGs). Glioblastoma …

Temozolomide for immunomodulation in the treatment of glioblastoma

A Karachi, F Dastmalchi, DA Mitchell… - Neuro …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Temozolomide is the most widely used chemotherapy for patients with glioblastoma (GBM)
despite the fact that approximately half of treated patients have temozolomide resistance …

Programmed death ligand 1 expression and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in glioblastoma

AS Berghoff, B Kiesel, G Widhalm, O Rajky… - Neuro …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting programmed cell death 1 (PD1) or its
ligand (PD-L1) showed activity in several cancer types. Methods We performed …

Radioresistance in Glioblastoma and the Development of Radiosensitizers

MY Ali, CR Oliva, ASM Noman, BG Allen, PC Goswami… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Numerous mechanisms of glioblastoma (GBM) radioresistance have been
identified but have not yet resulted in development of effective radiosensitizer that can …

Molecular biomarkers in glioblastoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

H Sareen, Y Ma, TM Becker, TL Roberts… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive cancer with poor prognosis that
needs better treatment modalities. Moreover, there is a lack of reliable biomarkers to predict …

From signalling pathways to targeted therapies: unravelling glioblastoma's secrets and harnessing two decades of progress

B Dewdney, MR Jenkins, SA Best, S Freytag… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Glioblastoma, a rare, and highly lethal form of brain cancer, poses significant challenges in
terms of therapeutic resistance, and poor survival rates for both adult and paediatric patients …

A phase 2 study of concurrent radiation therapy, temozolomide, and the histone deacetylase inhibitor valproic acid for patients with glioblastoma

AV Krauze, SD Myrehaug, MG Chang… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Valproic acid (VPA) is an antiepileptic agent with histone deacetylase inhibitor
(HDACi) activity shown to sensitize glioblastoma (GBM) cells to radiation in preclinical …

Glioblastoma treatments: an account of recent industrial developments

E Alphandéry - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The different drugs and medical devices, which are commercialized or under industrial
development for glioblastoma treatment, are reviewed. Their different modes of action are …

Relationship of glioblastoma multiforme to the subventricular zone is associated with survival

NF Jafri, JL Clarke, V Weinberg, IJ Barani… - Neuro …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The subventricular zone (SVZ) lines the lateral ventricles and represents the origin of neural
and some cancer stem cells. Tumors contacting the SVZ may be more invasive with higher …

Heterocyclic scaffolds as promising anticancer agents against tumours of the central nervous system: Exploring the scope of indole and carbazole derivatives

C Sherer, TJ Snape - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Tumours of the central nervous system are intrinsically more dangerous than tumours at
other sites, and in particular, brain tumours are responsible for 3% of cancer deaths in the …