Apoptosis in brain tumors: prognostic and therapeutic considerations.
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.
Mellai
Marta
M
Foundation Policlinico di Monza, Neuro-bio-oncology Center and Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Via Pietro Micca, 29, 13100 Vercelli, Italy.
Schiffer
Davide
D
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis