Bevacizumab for the treatment of high-grade glioma: An update after Phase III trials

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 729-740

  Khasraw, Mustafa ^a,b,c   Ameratunga, Malaka ^a   Grommes, Christian ^d  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiangiogenic therapy; Bevacizumab; Glioblastoma; High grade glioma

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEINURIA; PSEUDOPROGRESSION; PSEUDORESPONSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND HEALING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS;

EID: 84898714738     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2014.898060     Document Type: Review

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