title: Bevacizumab and glioblastoma: scientific review, newly reported updates, and ongoing controversies.
abstract: Anti-angiogenic therapy for glioblastoma has been in the spotlight for several years, as researchers and clinicians strive to find agents with meaningful efficacy against glioblastoma. Bevacizumab in particular, in the second half of the last decade, became the most significant breakthrough in anti-glioblastoma therapy since temozolomide. Optimism for bevacizumab has been somewhat challenged given recent clinical trials that have raised questions regarding its clinical effectiveness, the optimal timing of its use and the validity of endpoints, among other issues. In addition, uncertainty has recently arisen regarding the effects of bevacizumab on quality of life and neurocognitive function, two key clinical endpoints of unquestionable significance among glioblastoma patients. In this review, we highlight these controversies and other recent work related to bevacizumab for glioblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: Justin T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Patrick Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Reardon
mesh_terms: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000068258:Bevacizumab; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000068258:Bevacizumab
keywords: angiogenesis; bevacizumab; glioblastoma; malignant glioma; vascular endothelial growth factor