Novel approaches to reduce temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma multiforme: a review of the literature
WCRJ 2019;
6: e1431
DOI: 10.32113/wcrj_201911_1431
Topic: Medical oncology
Category: Review
Abstract
Temozolomide (TMZ), an oral alkylating agent, is currently used as a part of standard treatment for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is considered one of the most lethal forms of human cancers, and despite recent improvement in cancer therapy, it remains an incurable disease, with a rare long-term survival of the patients due to the rapid emergence of cell clones resistant to treatment. Like other chemotherapeutic agents, resistance to TMZ is the major therapeutic obstacle to effective therapy; thereby, the development of new therapeutic strategies is required to overcome this problem. In the present review, an overview of the recent works on the reduction of TMZ resistance is presented.
To cite this article
Novel approaches to reduce temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma multiforme: a review of the literature
WCRJ 2019;
6: e1431
DOI: 10.32113/wcrj_201911_1431
Publication History
Submission date: 18 Jun 2019
Revised on: 26 Aug 2019
Accepted on: 24 Oct 2019
Published online: 21 Nov 2019
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.