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NEUROLOGIA MEDICO-CHIRURGICA
Volume 53, Issue 11, Pages 755-763Publisher
JAPAN NEUROSURGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.ra2013-0200
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cilengitide; bevacizumab; angiogenesis; invasion
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Despite advances in surgical and medical therapy, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains a fatal disease. There has been no significant increase in survival for patients with this disease over the last 20 years. Tumor vasculature formation and glioma cell invasion along the white matter tracts both play a pivotal role in glioma development. Angiogenesis and invasion are the major factors believed to be responsible for treatment resistance in tumors, and a better understanding of the glioma invasion and angiogenesis mechanisms will lead to the development of potential new treatments. In this review, we focus on the molecular characteristics of angiogenesis and invasion in human malignant glioma. We discuss bevacizumab and cilengitide, which are used to inhibit angiogenesis in GBM.
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