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Diana D. Shi, MD, on IDH-Mutant Gliomas: De Novo Pyrmidine Synthesis Inhibitor Under Study

2021 ASTRO Annual Meeting

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Diana D. Shi, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, discusses studies being planned and already underway to test BAY 2402234, a de novo pyrimidine synthesis inhibitor that possibly could be used clinically to target IDH-mutant gliomas and may act as a tumor-selective radiosensitizer (Abstract 167).



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