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ea0081p132 | Endocrine-Related Cancer | ECE2022

Somatostatin receptor splicing variant SST5TMD4 overexpression in glioblastoma is associated to poor survival, increased aggressiveness features and somatostatin analogs resistance

Perez Gomez Jesus , Fuentes-Fayos Antonio C. , G-Garcia Miguel E. , Peel Annabel , Blanco Acevedo Cristobal , Solivera Vela Juan , Ibanez Costa Alejandro , David Gahete Ortiz Manuel , Castano Justo P. , Luque Raul M.

Glioblastoma (GBM; grade IV astrocytoma) is the one of the most malignant and lethal endocrine-related cancers worldwide. Current standard treatment consists of surgery followed by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy; however, this is only a palliative approach with a mean post-operative survival of scarcely ~12-15 months. Therefore, the identification of novel therapeutic targets to treat this devastating pathology is urgently needed. In this context, the truncated splicing-vari...