Abstract

Secondary glioblastoma is a rare brain tumor characterized by a mutation in isocitrate dehydrogenase, which is reported to lead to epigenetic modification. Patients with secondary glioblastoma experience poor survival and quality-of-life outcomes due to the disease’s aggressiveness and a lack of targeted therapies. In this report, a patient with a secondary glioblastoma was treated with a histone deacetylase inhibitor, an epigenetic drug with potent anti-inflammatory properties, in addition to the standard regimen. The patient showed very favorable survival and quality-of-life measures, and a restoration of several neuro-metabolites as measured by spectroscopic magnetic resonance imaging.

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Title
Remarkable response of a patient with secondary glioblastoma to a histone deacetylase inhibitor
Author
Gurbani, Saumya S 1 ; Weinberg, Brent D 2 ; Salgado, Eric 1 ; Voloschin, Alfredo 3 ; Velazquez Vega, Jose Enrique 4 ; Olson, Jeffrey J 5 ; Shu, Hui-Kuo G 6 ; Shim, Hyunsuk 7 

 Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 
 Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 
 Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 
 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 
 Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 
 Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 
 Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Mar 2020
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
20538855
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3171383288
Copyright
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