Sex differences in cancer mechanisms

JB Rubin, JS Lagas, L Broestl, J Sponagel… - Biology of sex …, 2020 - Springer
We now know that cancer is many different diseases, with great variation even within a
single histological subtype. With the current emphasis on developing personalized …

Sex-specific differences in glioblastoma

A Carrano, JJ Juarez, D Incontri, A Ibarra, HG Cazares - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sex differences have been well identified in many brain tumors. Even though glioblastoma
(GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults and has the worst …

Sex differences in GBM revealed by analysis of patient imaging, transcriptome, and survival data

W Yang, NM Warrington, SJ Taylor… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Sex differences in the incidence and outcome of human disease are broadly recognized but,
in most cases, not sufficiently understood to enable sex-specific approaches to treatment …

[HTML][HTML] The NF1 gene in tumor syndromes and melanoma

M Kiuru, KJ Busam - Laboratory investigation, 2017 - Elsevier
Activation of the RAS/MAPK pathway is critical in melanoma. Melanoma can be grouped into
four molecular subtypes based on their main genetic driver: BRAF-mutant, NRAS-mutant …

Optic pathway gliomas in neurofibromatosis type 1

CJ Campen, DH Gutmann - Journal of child neurology, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most common brain tumor predisposition
syndromes, in which affected children are prone to the development of low-grade gliomas …

An integrative view on sex differences in brain tumors

T Sun, A Plutynski, S Ward, JB Rubin - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2015 - Springer
Sex differences in human health and disease can range from undetectable to profound.
Differences in brain tumor rates and outcome are evident in males and females throughout …

Pediatric low-grade gliomas: implications of the biologic era

RJ Packer, S Pfister, E Bouffet, R Avery… - Neuro …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
For the past decade, it has been recognized that pediatric low-grade gliomas (LGGs) and
glial-neuronal tumors carry distinct molecular alterations with resultant aberrant intracellular …

Current treatment of optic nerve gliomas

MK Farazdaghi, WR Katowitz… - Current opinion in …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Although standard chemotherapy remains the mainstay of ONG treatment, newer
molecularly targeted therapies such as mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitors …

The anti-Warburg effect elicited by the cAMP-PGC1α pathway drives differentiation of glioblastoma cells into astrocytes

F Xing, Y Luan, J Cai, S Wu, J Mai, J Gu, H Zhang, K Li… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is among the most aggressive of human cancers. Although
differentiation therapy has been proposed as a potential approach to treat GBM, the …

Survival and causes of death in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease

MLM Binderup, AM Jensen… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Historically, the survival of patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease (vHL) has
been poorer than that of the general population. We aimed to determine whether the survival …