Assessing current therapeutic approaches to decode potential resistance mechanisms in glioblastomas

Unique astrocytic cell infiltrating growth and glial tumor growth in the confined skull make human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) one of the most difficult cancers to treat in modern medicine. Prognosis for patients is very poor, as they die more or less within 12 months. Patients either die of the c...

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Main Authors: Chun-I eSze, Ming-Fu eChiang, Wan-Pei eSu, Yu-An eChen, Nan-Shan eChang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2013.00059/full