[Glioblastoma That Does Not Improve with Standard Treatment: Standard and Personalized Treatment Making The Most of Limited Modalities]

Brain Nerve. 2022 May;74(5):677-684. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416202096.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The standard treatment for glioblastoma is maximal surgical resection followed by postoperative temozolomide administration combined with radiation therapy. Although treatment outcomes have improved in recent years, glioblastoma remains a fatal malignant brain tumor. In addition to standard treatment, it is important to understand the characteristics of additional therapies or limited therapeutic modalities, such as bevacizumab, photodynamic therapy, BCNU wafers, tumor treating fields, and genomic medicine. Furthermore, combination therapy should be applied, depending on the individual patient's condition, to treat this intractable disease.

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Carmustine / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Glioblastoma* / drug therapy
  • Glioblastoma* / genetics
  • Humans
  • Precision Medicine
  • Temozolomide / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Carmustine
  • Temozolomide