Combining molecular targeted agents with radiation therapy for malignant gliomas

OncoTargets and Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 1079-1095

  Scaringi, Claudia ^a   Enrici, Riccardo Maurizi ^a   Minniti, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; High grade glioma; Radiation therapy; Targeted therapy; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BEVACIZUMAB; CEDIRANIB; CETUXIMAB; CILENGITIDE; ENZASTAURIN; ERLOTINIB; EVEROLIMUS; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; LAPATINIB; PLACEBO; RAPAMYCIN; RIDAFOROLIMUS; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TEMSIROLIMUS; TORISE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANDETANIB; VASCULOTROPIN; VATALANIB;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSGEUSIA; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCYTOPENIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TOXICITY; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULCER; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84881390190     PISSN: 11786930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S48224     Document Type: Review

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