Abstract
Despite surgical resection followed by DNA-damaging adjuvant therapies, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains incurable with a median survival of just 15.6 months. Anomalies within the DNA damage response (DDR) contribute to treatment resistance. We have previously shown that the Fanconi Anaemia (FA) pathway, a key DDR process, remains inactive in normal brain but is re-activated in GBM, making it an appealing foundational target for cancer-specific combination therapies. AIM: To determine whether combined targeting of the FA pathway and interconnected DDR processes could form a basis for new, effective multimodal therapies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | v358 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Neuro-Oncology |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | S5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- glioblastoma
- seizures
- cancer
- stem cells
- cell survival
- DNA
- DNA damage
- fanconi anemia
- fluorescent antibody technique
- glioma
- RNA
- neoplasms