Emerging therapies for glioblastoma: current state and future directions

L Rong, N Li, Z Zhang - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common high-grade primary malignant brain tumor with an
extremely poor prognosis. Given the poor survival with currently approved treatments for …

Strategies for delivering therapeutics across the blood–brain barrier

GC Terstappen, AH Meyer, RD Bell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Achieving sufficient delivery across the blood–brain barrier is a key challenge in the
development of drugs to treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders. This is particularly …

Artificial-intelligence-based molecular classification of diffuse gliomas using rapid, label-free optical imaging

T Hollon, C Jiang, A Chowdury, M Nasir-Moin… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular classification has transformed the management of brain tumors by enabling more
accurate prognostication and personalized treatment. However, timely molecular diagnostic …

Current state of immunotherapy for glioblastoma

M Lim, Y Xia, C Bettegowda, M Weller - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Glioma is the most common primary cancer of the central nervous system, and around 50%
of patients present with the most aggressive form of the disease, glioblastoma. Conventional …

Epigenetics of glioblastoma multiforme: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic approaches

MS Uddin, A Al Mamun, BS Alghamdi, D Tewari… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common form of brain cancer and one of the
most aggressive cancers found in humans. Most of the signs and symptoms of GBM can be …

Coinhibitory pathways in immunotherapy for cancer

SH Baumeister, GJ Freeman, G Dranoff… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The immune system is capable of recognizing tumors and eliminates many early malignant
cells. However, tumors evolve to evade immune attack, and the tumor microenvironment is …

Current clinical trials testing the combination of immunotherapy with radiotherapy

J Kang, S Demaria, S Formenti - Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2016 - Springer
Increasing evidence demonstrates that radiation acts as an immune stimulus, recruiting
immune mediators that enable anti-tumor responses within and outside the radiation field …

Recent developments in glioblastoma therapy: oncolytic viruses and emerging future strategies

A Hamad, GM Yusubalieva, VP Baklaushev… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of malignant brain tumor. Standard treatment
protocols and traditional immunotherapy are poorly effective as they do not significantly …

Recent advances in the therapeutic strategies of glioblastoma multiforme

AF Aldoghachi, AF Aldoghachi, K Breyne, KH Ling… - Neuroscience, 2022 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most common, most formidable, and deadliest
malignant types of primary astrocytoma with a poor prognosis. At present, the standard of …

Progress and problems with the use of suicide genes for targeted cancer therapy

Z Karjoo, X Chen, A Hatefi - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Among various gene therapy methods for cancer, suicide gene therapy attracts a special
attention because it allows selective conversion of non-toxic compounds into cytotoxic drugs …