Strategies to improve delivery of anticancer drugs across the blood-brain barrier to treat glioblastoma.
Neuro Oncol
; 18(1): 27-36, 2016 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a lethal and aggressive brain tumor that is resistant to conventional radiation and cytotoxic chemotherapies. Molecularly targeted agents hold great promise in treating these genetically heterogeneous tumors, yet have produced disappointing results. One reason for the clinical failure of these novel therapies can be the inability of the drugs to achieve effective concentrations in the invasive regions beyond the bulk tumor. In this review, we describe the influence of the blood-brain barrier on the distribution of anticancer drugs to both the tumor core and infiltrative regions of GBM. We further describe potential strategies to overcome these drug delivery limitations. Understanding the key factors that limit drug delivery into brain tumors will guide future development of approaches for enhanced delivery of effective drugs to GBM.
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Barreira Hematoencefálica
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Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos
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Glioblastoma
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Antineoplásicos
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2016
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