title: Apoptosis in brain tumors: prognostic and therapeutic considerations.
abstract: The direct and indirect regulation, as well as the mechanisms of apoptosis in the nervous tissue and their implications in the treatment and prognosis of brain tumors are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Foundation Policlinico di Monza, Neuro-bio-oncology Center and Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Via Pietro Micca, 29, 13100 Vercelli, Italy.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mellai
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schiffer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis