作者: Elisa Trevisan , Luca Bertero , Chiara Bosa , Michela Magistrello , Alessia Pellerino
DOI: 10.1007/S10072-014-1627-6
关键词: Pathology 、 Cancer research 、 Antiangiogenic therapy 、 Bevacizumab 、 Monoclonal antibody 、 Angiogenesis 、 The Hallmarks of Cancer 、 Vascular proliferation 、 Medicine 、 Tumor growth 、 Neurology
摘要: Angiogenesis is one of the hallmarks cancer, including brain tumors. Malignant gliomas have highest degree vascular proliferation among solid tumors; thus, angiogenic pathways represent an attractive target to interfere with tumor growth. Up date VEGF pathway targeting specific drugs has yielded interesting therapeutics results. In particular bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody against VEGF-A, shown clinical activity in malignant gliomas, especially glioblastomas, terms high response rate on MRI and significant increase progression-free survival.