Endocan, a tumor-secreted protein, drives glioblastoma progression and therapy resistance. Targeting it may revolutionize treatment and improve survival.
Currently, glioblastoma patients primarily receive radiation as their standard treatment, with less than half surviving beyond 12 months after diagnosis. Ropidoxuridine is being developed as a ...
While it may not sound like a major leap, this approach offers one big advantage: killing cancerous cells while doing less damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
The cancer, glioblastoma, is fast-moving and incurable. It's most common in older adults, said Dr. Sujay Vora, a radiation oncologist at the Mayo Clinic, and the median survival time for people ...
Ropidoxuridine (IPdR) is Shuttle Pharma's lead candidate radiation sensitizer for use in combination with RT to treat brain tumors (glioblastoma), a deadly malignancy of the brain with no known cure.