Whither whole brain radiotherapy for primary CNS lymphoma?
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Combined immunochemotherapy with reduced whole-brain radiotherapy for newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma.
PURPOSE Our goals were to evaluate the safety of adding rituximab to methotrexate (MTX)-based chemotherapy for primary CNS lymphoma, determine whether additional cycles of induction chemotherapy improve the complete response (CR) rate, and examine effectiveness and toxicity of reduced-dose whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) after CR. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty patients (17 women; median age, 57...
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Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Unit of Lymphoid Malignancies, Department of Onco-Hematology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Division of Hematology/Oncology, San Francisco Helen Diller ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuro-Oncology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1522-8517,1523-5866
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou122