Unveiling YKL-40, from Serum Marker to Target Therapy in Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is the most common primary brain tumor in the adult and carries a poor prognosis with a median survival of only 14 months. Patients with glioblastoma are followed with MRI scans, but this technique has several limitations including low specificity to differentiate between tumor and trea...

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Main Authors: Fabio Massaiti Iwamoto, Adilia eHormigo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00090/full