title: Topoisomerase I inhibitors for the treatment of brain tumors.
abstract: Patients with primary malignant brain tumors have a poor prognosis. Standard treatment includes surgical resection, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Topoisomerase I inhibitors such as topotecan and irinotecan (CPT-11) represent one class of chemotherapy drugs that have been used in this disease. Recent clinical trials have shown major antitumor activity in recurrent glioblastoma when adding the antiangiogenesis drug bevacizumab with CPT-11. The combination of targeted agents to topoisomerase I inhibitors represent a novel and promising approach. This review will summarize clinical trials with topoisomerase I inhibitors and discuss new treatment strategies for primary malignant brain tumors.
authors.affiliation: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA. lfeun@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feun
authors.forename: Niramol
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Savaraj
mesh_terms: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000068258:Bevacizumab; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D000077146:Irinotecan; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D016019:Survival Analysis; D059004:Topoisomerase I Inhibitors; D019772:Topotecan / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D059004:Topoisomerase I Inhibitors; D000068258:Bevacizumab; D000077146:Irinotecan; D019772:Topotecan; D002166:Camptothecin