TY - JOUR
T1 - PRIMARY CEREBRAL LYMPHOMA
T2 - AN ARGUMENT FOR THE USE OF ADJUNCTIVE SYSTEMIC CHEMOTHERAPY
AU - Rosenthal, M. A.
AU - Sherldan, W. P.
AU - Green, M. D.
AU - Liew, K.
AU - Fox, R. M.
PY - 1993/1
Y1 - 1993/1
N2 - Eleven patients with primary cerebral lymphoma were treated at a single institution over a 5 year period. Patient characteristics were typical of this rare disease. One patient died prior to receiving treatment and of the remaining 10, all received cranial irradiation and in addition, five received systemic cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine and prednisolone (CHOP) chemotherapy. Of the six patients who are alive and disease‐free, five received the combined modality therapy. The median survival for those patients receiving cranial irradiation alone was 18 months and for the combined modalities was 25+ months. Combination systemic chemotherapy, in addition to cerebral irradiation, may convey a survival benefit in patients with primary cerebral lymphoma but this requires further investigation with multicentre, prospective randomized trials.
AB - Eleven patients with primary cerebral lymphoma were treated at a single institution over a 5 year period. Patient characteristics were typical of this rare disease. One patient died prior to receiving treatment and of the remaining 10, all received cranial irradiation and in addition, five received systemic cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine and prednisolone (CHOP) chemotherapy. Of the six patients who are alive and disease‐free, five received the combined modality therapy. The median survival for those patients receiving cranial irradiation alone was 18 months and for the combined modalities was 25+ months. Combination systemic chemotherapy, in addition to cerebral irradiation, may convey a survival benefit in patients with primary cerebral lymphoma but this requires further investigation with multicentre, prospective randomized trials.
KW - chemotherapy
KW - primary cerebral lymphoma
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00029.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00029.x
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C2 - 8466457
AN - SCOPUS:0027497614
SN - 0004-8682
VL - 63
SP - 30
EP - 32
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
IS - 1
ER -