Beskrivning
Beskrivning
Thisvolume will bring together a review of research being carried out byinternational experts in this field, detailing treatmentand research approaches in several forms of malignant brain tumors.These include glioblastoma (GBM), a highly aggressive and fatal form ofastrocytoma which accounts for 80% of newly diagnosed brain tumorpatients per year, and meningioma, of which 10% aremalignant and extremely resistant to targeted therapies. The volumewill also include a discussion of methods to overcome blood-brainbarrier exclusion for more efficient targeted drug delivery in all formsof brain cancer treatment. The volume will includeinformation on the repurposing of drugs in an attempt to circumventdrug resistance, use of small molecule inhibitors in GBM treatment,mechanisms of secondary brain metastasis, drug resistance, andstate-of-the-art imaging of targeted therapies.
