Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM): An overview of current therapies and mechanisms of resistance

W Wu, JL Klockow, M Zhang, F Lafortune… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a WHO grade IV glioma and the most common malignant,
primary brain tumor with a 5-year survival of 7.2%. Its highly infiltrative nature, genetic …

Role of glioblastoma stem cells in cancer therapeutic resistance: A perspective on antineoplastic agents from natural sources and chemical derivatives

ALV Alves, INF Gomes, AC Carloni, MN Rosa… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2021 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the highest-grade form of glioma, as well as one of the most
aggressive types of cancer, exhibiting rapid cellular growth and highly invasive behavior …

Opportunities and challenges of radiotherapy for treating cancer

D Schaue, WH McBride - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2015 - nature.com
The past 20 years have seen dramatic changes in the delivery of radiation therapy, but the
impact of radiobiology on the clinic has been far less substantial. A major consideration in …

Cancer stem cells and radioresistance: DNA repair and beyond

A Schulz, F Meyer, A Dubrovska, K Borgmann - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The current preclinical and clinical findings demonstrate that, in addition to the conventional
clinical and pathological indicators that have a prognostic value in radiation oncology, the …

Cancer stem cells: significance in origin, pathogenesis and treatment of glioblastoma

K Biserova, A Jakovlevs, R Uljanovs, I Strumfa - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), known also as tumor-initiating cells, are quiescent, pluripotent,
self-renewing neoplastic cells that were first identified in hematologic tumors and soon after …

DNA damage in stem cells

I Vitale, G Manic, R De Maria, G Kroemer, L Galluzzi - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Both embryonic and adult stem cells are endowed with a superior capacity to prevent the
accumulation of genetic lesions, repair them, or avoid their propagation to daughter cells …

[HTML][HTML] Properties and behavior of carbon nanomaterials when interfacing neuronal cells: How far have we come?

R Rauti, M Musto, S Bosi, M Prato, L Ballerini - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, an increasing amount of studies have investigated the use of
components based on carbon-(nano) materials in the engineering of neural interfaces, to …

Radiation resistance of cancer stem cells: the 4 R's of radiobiology revisited

F Pajonk, E Vlashi, WH McBride - Stem cells, 2010 - academic.oup.com
There is compelling evidence that many solid cancers are organized hierarchically and
contain a small population of cancer stem cells (CSCs). It seems reasonable to suggest that …

CD133 as a biomarker for putative cancer stem cells in solid tumours: limitations, problems and challenges

P Grosse‐Gehling, CA Fargeas, C Dittfeld… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The cancer stem cell (CSC) hypothesis, despite the limitations of the currently available
models and assays, has ushered in a new era of excitement in cancer research. The …

Glioblastoma cancer stem cell biology: Potential theranostic targets

F Sharifzad, S Ghavami, J Verdi, S Mardpour… - Drug Resistance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is among the most incurable cancers. GBMs survival rate
has not markedly improved, despite new radical surgery protocols, the introduction of new …