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ReviewExpert review of neurotherapeutics2009

Molecularly targeted therapies for malignant glioma: rationale for combinatorial strategies.

Nikhil G Thaker, Ian F Pollack

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Review in Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nikhil G ThakerDoris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Departments of Neurosurgery, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. thakerng@umdnj.edu
Ian F Pollack
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Vector delivery to modify the brain tumor and its microenvironmentP01NS040923 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI POLLACK, IAN F. · 2002 to 2012
$12.7M
NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS040923PHS HHS NSP0140923
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Median survival of patients with malignant glioma (MG) from time of diagnosis is approximately 1 year, despite surgery, irradiation and conventional chemotherapy. Improving patient outcome relies on our ability to develop more effective therapies that are directed against the unique molecular aberrations within a patient's tumor. Such molecularly targeted therapies may provide novel treatments that are more effective than conventional chemotherapeutics. Recently developed therapeutic strategies have focused on targeting several core glioma signaling pathways, including pathways mediated by growth-factors, PI3K/Akt/PTEN/mTOR, Ras/Raf/MEK/MAPK and other vital pathways. However, given the molecular diversity, heterogeneity and diverging and converging signaling pathways associated with MG, it is unlikely that any single agent will have efficacy in more than a subset of tumors. Overcoming these therapeutic barriers will require multiple agents that can simultaneously inhibit these processes, providing a rationale for combination therapies. This review summarizes the currently implemented single-agent and combination molecularly targeted therapies for MG.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGliomaAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsCombined Modality TherapyEnzyme InhibitorsHistone DeacetylasesHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsModels, BiologicalSignal TransductionAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsHistone DeacetylasesIntercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

Identifiers

PMID19951140
PMCPMC2819818
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