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Effect of aberrant p53 function on temozolomide sensitivity of glioma cell lines and brain tumor initiating cells from glioblastoma.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Mar 2011
Blough Michael D, Beauchamp Desiree C, Westgate Morgan R, Kelly John J, Cairncross J Gregory
Abstract excerpt
The most effective chemotherapeutic for glioblastoma (GBM) is the DNA alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ). In a recent study by Hegi et al. benefit from TMZ was significantly associated with methylation of the promoter of the O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) gene; however, the correlation was imperfect. Some patients with methylated tumors were short survivors and others with unmethylated tumors were...
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