Overview
- Emphasizes on biology and current standard of care as well as promising novel therapeutic approaches in glioblastoma therapy
- Update on genetically engineered mouse models and their use in preclinical drug development
- Highlights the distinct nature of pediatric high grade glioma, the most common childhood solid cancer
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Current Cancer Research (CUCR)
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About this book
This volume covers the most important areas of glioblastoma – surgical resection, molecular pathology, targeted therapies, cancer stem cells, the role of DNA methylation, targeted sequencing for personalized therapy, animal models and advances in pediatric glioblastoma. Chapter authors are junior and senior investigators, who are well established in their particular areas and include neurosurgeons, neuropathologists, neurooncologists and basic scientists.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Biology and Treatment of Glioblastoma
Editors: Kumaravel Somasundaram
Series Title: Current Cancer Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56820-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56819-5Published: 11 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86010-7Published: 13 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56820-1Published: 29 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2199-2584
Series E-ISSN: 2199-2592
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 272
Number of Illustrations: 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cancer Research