Glioblastoma multiforme:A look inside its heterogeneous nature

Cancers

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 226-239

  Inda, Maria del Mar ^a   Bonavia, Rudy ^a   Seoane, Joan ^a,b  

^a VALL D HEBRON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cell; Clonal evolution; Glioblastoma; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN MSH6; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLONAL EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; REVIEW; TUMOR ESCAPE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR MODEL;

EID: 84893372082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers6010226     Document Type: Review

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