Pre-radiation chemotherapy in glioma patients with poor prognostic factors |
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Authors: | Kjell Watne Ole Nome Bjarne Hager Henry Hirschberg |
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Affiliation: | (1) The Department of Oncology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway;(2) The Department of Radiology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway;(3) Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway |
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Abstract: | Summary Nineteen patients in an age group from 56–67 years (mean age 62,5 years) with histologically verified glioblastoma multiforme were treated with chemotherapy consisting of two cycles of oral CCNU, intravenous vincristine and oral procarbazine prior to radiation therapy. Ten of the patients had stable disease, monitored by CT scan and neurological examination, and received whole brain radiation. The median survival was 12 months. Nine patients who had progressive disease during chemotherapy did not receive radiation treatment and were put on palliative treatment with dexamethasone. This group had a median survival of 3 months. The median survival in all of the 19 patients who entered the study was 9 months which was comparable to the survival of 56 patients with glioblastoma multiforme who, in a retrospective study, received post-operative radiotherapy.The most important factor predicting survival was steroid-dependency after surgery. |
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Keywords: | glioblastoma multiforme pre-radiation chemotherapy vincristine CCNU procarbazine |
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