Clinical Response Following Adjuvant Temozolomide in a Patient with Primary Cerebral Lymphoma

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​Clinical Response Following Adjuvant Temozolomide in a Patient with Primary Cerebral Lymphoma​
Strik, H. M. ; Spreer, A. ; Nagel, H. ; Jacob, S. ; Jung, W. ; Kitze, B.   & Bähr, M. ​ (2004) 
Anticancer Research24(6) pp. 4121​-4125​.​

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Strik, Herwig M. ; Spreer, Annette ; Nagel, Holger ; Jacob, Sonja ; Jung, Wolfram ; Kitze, Bernd ; Bähr, Mathias 
Abstract
A 69-year-old female patient was treated for primary CNS-lymphoma (PCNSL) starting from August 2002. As her general condition allowed no high-dose methotrexate (MTX) therapy, radiotherapy was administered as a first-line treatment. CSF involvement could be managed by intrathecal Ara-C. Her general condition and cognitive status stabilized., but did not improve for 3 months. Therefore, oral chemotherapy with Temozolomide 200mg/m(2) was initiated. After two courses, which were tolerated without any problems, the patient's Karnofsky performance index had improved from 40% to 50%, the Mini-Mental Status rose from 16 to 27130. The CSF-cell count was elevated again to 23 cells/mul without signs of meningeal relapse. Unfortunately, the patient died unexpectedly front suspected pulmonary embolism. We conclude that adjuvant Temozolomide chemotherapy can improve the general condition and cognition in patients with PCNSL even when the general condition is poor. Long-term effects and neurotoxicity remain to be analysed in prospective trials, as well as the efficacy in leptomeningeal disease.
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2004
Journal
Anticancer Research 
ISSN
0250-7005
Language
English

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