[HTML][HTML] Updates in IDH-wildtype glioblastoma

JM Melhem, J Detsky, MJ Lim-Fat, JR Perry - Neurotherapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain tumor with a poor prognosis. The 2021
WHO CNS5 classification has further stressed the importance of molecular signatures in …

The neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist aprepitant: an intelligent bullet against cancer?

M Muñoz, R Coveñas - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Due to the lack of selectivity and the severe side-effects, cytostatics are the
drugs of the present but not of the future and consequently new anticancer strategies must …

Auranofin and cold atmospheric plasma synergize to trigger distinct cell death mechanisms and immunogenic responses in glioblastoma

J Van Loenhout, L Freire Boullosa, D Quatannens… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Targeting the redox balance of malignant cells via the delivery of high oxidative stress
unlocks a potential therapeutic strategy against glioblastoma (GBM). We investigated a …

Effect of disulfiram and copper plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone on survival in patients with recurrent glioblastoma: A randomized clinical trial

K Werlenius, S Kinhult, TS Solheim… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Disulfiram has demonstrated broad antitumoral effect in several preclinical
studies. One of the proposed indications is for the treatment of glioblastoma. Objective To …

A phase Ib/IIa trial of 9 repurposed drugs combined with temozolomide for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma: CUSP9v3

ME Halatsch, RE Kast, G Karpel-Massler… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The dismal prognosis of glioblastoma (GBM) may be related to the ability of
GBM cells to develop mechanisms of treatment resistance. We designed a protocol called …

Novel treatment strategies for glioblastoma

SS Stylli - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary central nervous system tumor in adults. It is
a highly invasive disease, making it difficult to achieve a complete surgical resection …

Cancer metastasis and treatment resistance: mechanistic insights and therapeutic targeting of cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment

EJ Kilmister, SP Koh, FR Weth, C Gray, ST Tan - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer metastasis and treatment resistance are the main causes of treatment failure and
cancer-related deaths. Their underlying mechanisms remain to be fully elucidated and have …

An alternative pipeline for glioblastoma therapeutics: a systematic review of drug repurposing in glioblastoma

SB Lyne, B Yamini - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma is a devastating malignancy that has continued to prove
resistant to a variety of therapeutics. No new systemic therapy has been approved for use …

Intertumoral heterogeneity in patient-specific drug sensitivities in treatment-naïve glioblastoma

E Skaga, E Kulesskiy, A Fayzullin, CJ Sandberg… - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background A major barrier to effective treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) is the large
intertumoral heterogeneity at the genetic and cellular level. In early phase clinical trials …

Drug repurposing for cancer therapy, easier said than done

A Gonzalez-Fierro, A Dueñas-González - Seminars in cancer biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug repurposing for cancer therapy is currently a hot topic of research. Theoretically, in
contrast to the known hurdles of developing new molecular entities, the approach of …