Showing papers by "Dennis E. Bullard published in 2016"
Mayo Clinic1, Wake Forest University2, Ohio State University3, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center4, Wayne State University5, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center6, Cleveland Clinic7, Medical College of Wisconsin8, Université de Montréal9, University of Western Ontario10, Cross Cancer Institute11, University of Maryland, Baltimore12, Emory University13
TL;DR: In a cohort of patients with grade 2 glioma who were younger than 40 years of age and had undergone subtotal tumor resection or who were 40 yearsof age or older, progression-free survival and overall survival were longer among those who received combination chemotherapy in addition to radiation therapy than amongThose who received radiation therapy alone.
Abstract: BackgroundGrade 2 gliomas occur most commonly in young adults and cause progressive neurologic deterioration and premature death. Early results of this trial showed that treatment with procarbazine, lomustine (also called CCNU), and vincristine after radiation therapy at the time of initial diagnosis resulted in longer progression-free survival, but not overall survival, than radiation therapy alone. We now report the long-term results. MethodsWe included patients with grade 2 astrocytoma, oligoastrocytoma, or oligodendroglioma who were younger than 40 years of age and had undergone subtotal resection or biopsy or who were 40 years of age or older and had undergone biopsy or resection of any of the tumor. Patients were stratified according to age, histologic findings, Karnofsky performance-status score, and presence or absence of contrast enhancement on preoperative images. Patients were randomly assigned to radiation therapy alone or to radiation therapy followed by six cycles of combination chemotherapy...
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