Enhanced inhibition of clonogenic survival of human medulloblastoma cells by multimodal treatment with ionizing irradiation, epigenetic modifiers, and differentiation-inducing drugs

Background: Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common pediatric brain tumor. Current treatment regimes consisting of primary surgery followed by radio- and chemotherapy, achieve 5-year overall survival rates of only about 60 %. Therapy-induced endocrine and neurocognitive deficits are common late adve...

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Main Authors: Patties, Ina, Kortmann, Rolf-Dieter, Menzel, Franziska, Glasow, Annegret
Other Authors: Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2016
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-205276
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-205276
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/20527/OAP-2016-067_patties_art_10.1186_s13046-016-0376-1.pdf