Title
Glioblastoma: Molecular analysis and its clinical implications
Other title
Glioblastoma: Análisis molecular y sus implicancias clínicas
Date Issued
01 April 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
García-Corrochano P.
Deza P.
Heinike H.
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common and most lethal primary brain tumor. Epidemiologic information indicate that its incidence is lower in Hispanic race. Surgery is the only curative strategy and has recently introduced new strategies that increase resection rates. The use of concurrent chemotherapy with radiotherapy improves survival of patients but is associated with toxicity. Improved understanding of molecular biology of GB allows the identification of predictive biomarkers of response and prognosis as well as therapeutic targets for the development of new therapeutic strategies. Among biomarkers are currently available 1p /19q codeletion, IDH mutation and O6-methylguanine DNAmethyltransferase promoter methylation. The identification therapeutic targets enables the development of new drugs and their evaluation in clinical trials, but none has been prospectively validated in phase III clinical trials.
Start page
316
End page
325
Volume
32
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurología clínica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84938839734
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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