Antiangiogenesis treatment for glioblastoma multiforme: Challenges and opportunities

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 515-522

  Wong, Eric T ^a,c   Brem, Steven ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Glioblastomas; Treatment; Vascular neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BEVACIZUMAB; CEDIRANIB; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROTHYMIDINE F 11; GADOLINIUM; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLMETHIONINE C 11; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DC101; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL HYPOXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARACRINE SIGNALING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 44449115615     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2008.0039     Document Type: Article

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