Masih Tazhibi, Nicholas McQuillan, Hong-Jian Wei, Matthew Gallitto, Ethan Bendau, Andrea Webster Carrion, Xander Berg, Danae Kokossis, Xu Zhang, Zhiguo Zhang, Chia-Ing Jan, Akiva Mintz, Robyn D Gartrell, Hasan R Syed, Adriana Fonseca, Jovana Pavisic, Luca Szalontay, Elisa E Konofagou, Stergios Zacharoulis, Cheng-Chia Wu
BACKGROUND: Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) is a pediatric tumor with dismal prognosis. Systemic strategies have been unsuccessful and radiotherapy (RT) remains the standard-of-care. A central impediment to treatment is the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which precludes drug delivery to the central nervous system (CNS). Focused ultrasound (FUS) with microbubbles can transiently and non-invasively disrupt the BBB to enhance drug delivery. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of brainstem FUS in combination with clinical doses of RT...
March 30, 2024: Journal of Translational Medicine