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SUBMITTER: Green AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7212907 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Green Adam L AL Flannery Patrick P Hankinson Todd C TC O'Neill Brent B Amani Vladimir V DeSisto John J Knox Aaron A Chatwin Hannah H Lemma Rakeb R Hoffman Lindsey M LM Mulcahy Levy Jean J Raybin Jennifer J Hemenway Molly M Gilani Ahmed A Koschmann Carl C Dahl Nathan N Handler Michael M Pierce Angela A Venkataraman Sujatha S Foreman Nicholas N Vibhakar Rajeev R Wempe Michael F MF Dorris Kathleen K
Neuro-oncology advances 20200101 1
<h4>Background</h4>Hundreds of systemic chemotherapy trials in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) have not improved survival, potentially due to lack of intratumoral penetration, which has not previously been assessed in humans.<h4>Methods</h4>We used gemcitabine as a model agent to assess DIPG intratumoral pharmacokinetics (PK) using mass spectrometry.<h4>Results</h4>In a phase 0 clinical trial of i.v. gemcitabine prior to biopsy in children newly diagnosed with DIPG by MRI, mean concentra ...[more]