Targeting Human Glioblastoma Stem-Like Cells (GSCs)
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 3619
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Interests: brain tumors; cancer; cancer stem cells; ex vivo models; developmental signaling pathways in cancer; vitamin D3; migration and infiltration of cancer cells
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Interests: stem cell biology; oncology; aging; frailty; neuroscience
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Dear Colleagues,
Glioblastoma remains a virtually incurable disease with a dismal prognosis for patients and a plethora of open questions. The current standard therapy consists of surgery, radiochemotherapy and, in some cases, the application of tumor-treating fields. Even though promising new therapeutic avenues are underway, novel and especially directed approaches are direly needed. In particular, much research in recent years showed that GBM cells can obtain a highly plastic and dynamic phenotype, which gives these cells a stem-like state that enables them to out-live conventional therapies and ultimately replenish the tumor. In order to collectively present and aggregate recent developments in precision oncology, we invite both original research and review articles highlighting key aspects of glioblastoma biology, with a special focus on stem-like cells.
Dr. Benedikt Linder
Dr. Ander Matheu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- brain cancer
- glioblastoma
- glioma
- precision medicine
- stem-like cells
- treatment resistance
- tumor recurrence
- targeted therapy
- precision oncology
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