Migration capacity of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells towards glioma in vivo

(Neural Regeneration Research) Glioblastoma is the most common malignant primary brain tumor in adults. The aggressive growth manner, characterized by marked angiogenesis and extensive tumor cell invasion into normal brain parenchyma with frequent formation of tumor microsatellites at distal sites, makes eradication impossible even after extensive microsurgical resection combined with current standard chemoradiation and adjuvant temozolomide.
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