Zika virus, feared for causing microcephaly in babies whose mothers were infected during pregnancy by attacking the cells that will give rise to the fetus's cerebral cortex, could be an alternative for treatment of glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive kind of malignant brain tumor in adults. (sciencedaily.com)
Temodex is a locally acting formulation of temozolomide that is the present first line of treatment of glioblastoma in Belarus. (scilifelab.se)
Initial treatment of glioblastoma consists of surgical removal of the tumor, radiation and chemotherapy using the drug temozolomide (TMZ). (sciencedaily.com)