Several drugs have now been shown to extend patients' lives and improve the management of brain tumors. The Brain Tumor Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering is
2. Challenges in developing drugs for brain cancer. Compared with peripheral tumors, the treatment of brain tumors faces many challenges (Figure 1).On the one hand, the physiological barriers (such as blood-brain barrier (BBB), blood-brain tumor barrier (BBTB)) and the over-expressed efflux pumps prevent drugs from entering the central nervous system (CNS) and reaching the tumor site.
Brain cancer chemotherapy uses powerful drugs to target malignant tumors in the brain. All brain tumor chemotherapy has the same goalto destroy tumors.
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) constitutes a microvascular network responsible for excluding most drugs from the brain. Treatment of brain tumors is limited by the impermeability of the BBB and, consequently, survival outcomes for malignant brain tumors
Primary brain tumors include any tumor that starts in the brain. Primary brain tumors can start from brain cells, the membranes around the brain (meninges)
Brain cancer chemotherapy uses powerful drugs to target malignant tumors in the brain. All brain tumor chemotherapy has the same goalto destroy tumors by
Several drugs have now been shown to extend patients' lives and improve the management of brain tumors. The Brain Tumor Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering is
2. Challenges in developing drugs for brain cancer. Compared with peripheral tumors, the treatment of brain tumors faces many challenges (Figure 1).On the one hand, the physiological barriers (such as blood-brain barrier (BBB), blood-brain tumor barrier (BBTB)) and the over-expressed efflux pumps prevent drugs from entering the central nervous system (CNS) and reaching the tumor site.
2. Challenges in developing drugs for brain cancer. Compared with peripheral tumors, the treatment of brain tumors faces many challenges (Figure 1).On the one hand, the physiological barriers (such as blood-brain barrier (BBB), blood-brain tumor barrier (BBTB)) and the over-expressed efflux pumps prevent drugs from entering the central nervous system (CNS) and reaching the tumor site.
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