Glioma invasion along white matter tracts: A dilemma for neurosurgeons.

Invasive growth along white matter (WM) tracts is one of the most prominent clinicopathological features of glioma and is also an important reason for surgical treatment failure in glioma patients. A full understanding of relevant clinical features and mechanisms is of great significance for finding new therapeutic targets and developing new treatment regimens and strategies. Herein, we review the imaging and histological characteristics of glioma patients with WM tracts invasion and summarize the possible molecular mechanism. On this basis, we further discuss the correlation between glioma molecular typing, radiotherapy and tumor treating fields (TTFields) and the invasion of glioma along WM tracts.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Cancer Letters

• Publication date

  2021-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.11.020PMID 34808285
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