Intra-Arterial Delivery of Idarubicin in Two Patients with G

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Intra-Arterial Delivery of Idarubicin in Two Patients with Glioblastoma

May 23, 2017235 views

There is no effective treatment for recurrent glioblastoma (GB) when temozolomide-based radiochemotherapy fails. In theory, intra-arterial (IA) delivery of cytotoxic agents could achieve higher drug concentrations in tumors compared to intravenous injection. Moreover, choosing a highly lipid-soluble drug could make the most of the first-pass effect. Here, we evaluated idarubicin (IDA), a lipophilic anthracycline, in an in vitro assay using four human GB cell lines and compared it with 11 other drugs previously used for the IA treatment of brain tumors....

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043287/

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