Current therapeutic advances targeting EGFR and EGFRvIII in glioblastoma

EGFR and EGFRvIII analysis is of current interest in glioblastoma- the most common malignant primary CNS tumour, because of new EGFRvIII vaccine trials underway. EGFR activation in glioblastoma promotes cellular proliferation via activation of MAPK and PI3K-Akt pathways and EGFRvIII is the most comm...

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Main Authors: Emily ePadfield, Hayley Patricia Ellis, Kathreena M Kurian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2015.00005/full