Tracking normalization of brain tumor vasculature by magnetic imaging and proangiogenic biomarkers

Cancer Cell. 2007 Jan;11(1):6-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2006.12.008.

Abstract

Clinical assessment of the response to antiangiogenic therapy has been cumbersome. A study in this issue of Cancer Cell demonstrates that a combination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for quantification of normalized vessels with measurements of circulating levels of proangiogenic factors, including FGF2, SDF1, and viable circulating endothelial cells, provides an effective means to evaluate the response of recurrent glioblastoma to a prototypical pan-VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, AZD2171.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic* / drug therapy
  • Quinazolines / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Quinazolines
  • cediranib