2006
New methods for direct delivery of chemotherapy for treating brain tumors.
Sawyer AJ, Piepmeier JM, Saltzman WM. New methods for direct delivery of chemotherapy for treating brain tumors. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2006, 79: 141-52. PMID: 17940624, PMCID: PMC1994797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConvection-enhanced deliveryBrain tumorsPrimary malignant brain tumorLocal deliveryBlood-brain barrierMalignant brain tumorsStandard chemotherapeutic drugsBrain cancer treatmentAnti-cancer therapyMedian survivalInfusion siteSevere formMalignant cellsNew delivery strategiesChemotherapy drugsChemotherapyDiagnostic imagingTumorsChemotherapeutic drugsCancer treatmentDrugsInvasive cellsSource of drugsDelivery strategiesBrain
1996
In vitro and in vivo inhibition of glioblastoma and neuroblastoma with MDL101731, a novel ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase inhibitor.
Piepmeier J, Rabidou N, Schold S, Bitonti A, Prakash N, Bush T. In vitro and in vivo inhibition of glioblastoma and neuroblastoma with MDL101731, a novel ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase inhibitor. Cancer Research 1996, 56: 359-61. PMID: 8542592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant brain tumorsMedian survivalControl animalsAthymic miceBrain tumorsReductase inhibitorsHuman malignant brain tumorsHuman glioblastomaDays of treatmentSK-N-MCConcentration-dependent inhibitionTumor regressionIntracerebral implantsIntracerebral xenograftsXenograft modelGlioblastoma cell linesVivo inhibitionPotent antiproliferative activityNeuroblastomaGlioblastomaSurvivalCell linesXenograftsNanomolar concentrationsTumors