Molecularly targeted therapy for malignant glioma

EGFRvIII-targeted vaccination therapy of malignant glioma.

Given the highly infiltrative growth pattern of malignant glioma and the lack of specificity associated with currently available treatment regimens, alternative strategies designed to eradicate cancer cells while limiting collateral toxicity in normal tissues remain a high priority. To this end, the development of specific immunotherapies against targeted neoplastic cells represents a promising...

Malignant Glioma Therapy

Accepted, February 12, 2003. MALIGNANT GLIOMAS ARE among the most challenging of all cancers to treat successfully, being characterized not only by aggressive proliferation and expansion but also by inexorable tumor invasion into distant brain tissue. Although considerable progress has been made in the treatment of these tumors with combinations of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, these...

Molecularly Targeted Therapy: Imatinib and Beyond

Therapy for recurrent malignant glioma in adults.

Malignant gliomas are the most common form of primary brain tumors in adults. Although the prognosis remains poor, there has been recent progress in the treatment of these tumors. Standard therapy for patients with this disease will be reviewed, together with more novel approaches such as targeted molecular therapies, angiogenesis inhibitors, immunotherapies, gene therapies and intratumoral the...

[Anti-angiogenic therapy for malignant glioma].

Glioblastoma(GBM)is the most malignant and frequent primary brain tumor. The current standard of care consists of maximum safe resection and radiotherapy with concomitant and subsequent temozolomide(TMZ)treatment. With this treatment plan, the prognosis of patients with GBM remains dismal, with a 5-year survival rate of<10%; thus development of effective, novel therapies is needed. Bevacizumab(...