Radiobiology of Glioblastoma: Recent Advances and Related Pathobiology (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1 Introduction and Background Luigi Pirtoli, Giovanni Luca Gravina, Antonio Giordano Part 1 From Bedside to Bench: Radiobiological Topics Arising from Clinical Studies 2 The "Radio-resistance of Glioblastoma in the Clinical Setting and the Present Therapeutic Options Michela Buglione, Luca Triggiani, Paolo Borghetti, Sara Pedretti, Nadia Pasinetti, Stefano Maria Magrini 3 Radiobiological Hints from Clinical Studies Silvia Scoccianti, Riccardo Santoni, Beatrice Detti, Gianluca Ingrosso, Daniela Greto, Giulio Francolini 4 Chemo-Radiotherapy: Radiation Total Dose and Fractionation Silvia Chiesa, Mario Balducci, Milena Ferro, Anna Rita Alitto, Vincenzo Valentini 5 Clinical Evidence and Radiobiological Background of Particle Radiation Therapy< Walter Tinganelli, Marco Durante 6 Mathematical Modelling of Radiobiological Parameters< Piernicola Pedicini, Lidia Strigari, Luigi Spiazzi, Alba Fiorentino, Paolo Tini, and Luigi Pirtoli 7 Clinical, Pathological, and Molecular Prognostic Parametersin Glioblastoma Patients Undergoing Chemo- and Radiotherapy Paolo Tini, Clelia Miracco, Marzia Toscano, Silvia Palumbo, Sergio Comincini, Giovanni Luca Gravina, and Luigi Pirtoli 8 Radiation tolerance of normal brain: QUANTEC 2010 and beyond. Francesca De Felice, Vincenzo Tombolini, Michela Buglione , Daniela Musio, Luca Triggiani, and Stefano Maria Magrini Part 2 Preclinical Research 9 Basic Knowledge of Glioblastoma Radiobiology Monica Mangoni, Mariangela Sottili, Chiara Gerini, Lorenzo Livi 10 The Immune System and its Contribution to the Radiotherapeutic Response of Glioblastoma Ralph Vatner, Encouse Golden, Joshua Silverman, Silvia Formenti 11 Genetic and epigenetic eterminants in tumor initiation and progression of glioblastoma. A. Cimini, A. Fidoamore, M. D'Angelo,A. Antonosante, L. Cristiano, E. Benedetti, and Antonio Giordano 12 Tumor Microenvironment, Hypoxia, and Stem Cell-Related Radiation Resistance Mariangela Sottili, Chiara Gerini, Isacco Desideri, Mauro Loi, Monica Mangoni, Lorenzo Livi 13 Cell Death Pathways, with Special Regard to Ionizing Radiation and Temozolomide M Toscano, S Palumbo, P Tini, C Miracco, GL Gravina, S Comincini 14 miRNAManipulation in ModifyingRadiationSensitivity in Glioblastoma Models S Palumbo; G Belmonte; P Tini; M Toscano; C Miracco; S Cominicini. 15 Nanomaterials Technology for Research Radiobiology Elisa Panzarini, Luciana Dini Part 3 From Bench to Bedside: Translational Perspectives 16 Pre-Clinical Models of Glioblastoma in Radiobiology: Evolving Protocols and Research Methods Anita Tandle, Uma Shankavaram, Cody Schlaff, Kevin Camphausen,AndraKrauze 17 From Molecular to Clinical Radiation Biology of Glioblastoma Nadia Pasinetti, Luigi Pirtoli, Michela Buglione, Luca Triggiani, Paolo Borghetti, Paolo Tini, and Stefano Maria Magrini 18 Perspective of the Large Databases and Ontologic Models of Correlation of Pre-Clinical and Clinical Results Elisa Meldolesi , Mario Balducci, Silvia Chiesa, Andrea Damiani, Nicola Dinapoli, Roberto Gatta, and Vincenzo Valentini 19 Conclusive Remarks and Perspectives for Future Research Antonio Giordano, Giovanni Luca Gravina, Luigi Pirtoli