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Cancer neuroscience of brain tumors: from multicellular networks to neuroscience-instructed cancer therapies: mini review

Deepening our understanding of neuro-cancer interactions can innovate brain tumor treatment. This mini review unfolds the most relevant and recent insights into the neural mechanisms contributing to brain tumor initiation, progression, and resistance, including synaptic connections between neurons a...

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Main Authors: Venkataramani, Varun (Author) , Yang, Yvonne (Author) , Ille, Sebastian (Author) , Suchorska, Bogdana (Author) , Loges, Sonja (Author) , Tost, Heike (Author) , Sahm, Felix (Author) , Pfister, Stefan (Author) , Trumpp, Andreas (Author) , Krieg, Sandro (Author) , Kuner, Thomas (Author) , Wick, Wolfgang (Author) , Winkler, Frank (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 1 January 2025
In: Cancer discovery
Year: 2025, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-51
ISSN:2159-8290
DOI:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0194
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0194
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Author Notes:Varun Venkataramani, Yvonne Yang, Sebastian Ille, Bogdana Suchorska, Sonja Loges, Heike Tost, Felix Sahm, Stefan M. Pfister, Andreas Trumpp, Sandro M. Krieg, Thomas Kuner, Wolfgang Wick, and Frank Winkler
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Summary:Deepening our understanding of neuro-cancer interactions can innovate brain tumor treatment. This mini review unfolds the most relevant and recent insights into the neural mechanisms contributing to brain tumor initiation, progression, and resistance, including synaptic connections between neurons and cancer cells, paracrine neuro-cancer signaling, and cancer cells’ intrinsic neural properties. We explain the basic and clinical-translational relevance of these findings, identify unresolved questions and particularly interesting future research avenues, such as central nervous system neuro-immunooncology, and discuss the potential transferability to extracranial cancers. Lastly, we conceptualize ways toward clinical trials and develop a roadmap toward neuroscience-instructed brain tumor therapies.Significance: Neural influences on brain tumors drive their growth and invasion. Herein, we develop a roadmap to use these fundamentally new insights into brain tumor biology for improved outcomes.
Item Description:Gesehen am 07.08.2025
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:2159-8290
DOI:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0194

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