A breakthrough in drug discovery for glioblastoma requires serial collection of tissue from the central nervous system via window of opportunity trials
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Singh, K., Hotchkiss, K.M., Parney, I.F. et al. Correcting the drug development paradigm for glioblastoma requires serial tissue sampling. Nat Med 29, 2402–2405 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02464-8
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