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SUBMITTER: d'Angelo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868071 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 20191114
Brain tumors mainly originate from glial cells and are classified as gliomas. Malignant gliomas represent an incurable disease; indeed, after surgery and chemotherapy, recurrence appears within a few months, and mortality has remained high in the last decades. This is mainly due to the heterogeneity of malignant gliomas, indicating that a single therapy is not effective for all patients. In this regard, the advent of theranostic nanomedicine, a combination of imaging and therapeutic agents, repr ...[more]