Rapid radiographic and clinical improvement after treatment of a MET-amplified recurrent glioblastoma with a mesenchymal-epithelial transition inhibitor

J Clin Oncol. 2012 Jan 20;30(3):e30-3. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.38.4586. Epub 2011 Dec 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Brain Neoplasms / genetics
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Crizotinib
  • Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / drug effects*
  • Female
  • Gene Amplification
  • Glioblastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Glioblastoma / drug therapy*
  • Glioblastoma / genetics
  • Glioblastoma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / genetics
  • Pyrazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Pyridines / therapeutic use*
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Pyrazoles
  • Pyridines
  • Crizotinib
  • MET protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met