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Volume of residual disease as
a predictor of outcome in adult patients with recurrent supratentorial
glioblastomas multiforme who are undergoing chemotherapy
Keles GE, Lamborn KR, Chang SM, Prados MD, Berger MS
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San
Francisco, California 94143-0112, USA. kelese@neurosurg.ucsf.edu
Object. For patients with recurrent glioblastomas multiforme
(GBMs) the prognosis is poor.
Although chemotherapy may provide a survival advantage, the role of
the extent of tumor resection, or the volume of the residual tumor at
the time of recurrence, before instituting chemotherapy, is
unclear.
This study was designed to assess the response to chemotherapy based
on the volume of residual disease (VRD) at the start of treatment in
patients with recurrent GBMs.
To accomplish this, the authors evaluated a homogeneous group of
patients with recurrent GBMs who received the same chemotherapeutic
agent.
Methods. One hundred nineteen
adult patients with recurrent supratentorial GBMs received temozolomide
chemotherapy at the time of tumor recurrence.
In this cohort the authors analyzed the prognostic significance of
volumetrically assessed tumor mass on time to tumor progression (TTP) and
survival time (ST).
Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the VRD at the beginning of chemotherapy
was a statistically significant predictor of both TTP (p < 0.0001) and ST (p
< 0.006) when adjusted for the patient's age, performance score, and time
from the initial diagnosis.
Patients in whom the VRD was less than 10 cm3 at the start of chemotherapy had a
6-month progression-free survival rate of 32% compared with 8% for patients with
a VRD between 10 and 15 cm3 and 3% for patients with a VRD larger than 15
cm3.
Patients in whom the VRD was smaller than 10 cm3 had a 1-year survival rate of
37% compared with 9% for patients with a VRD between 10 and 15 cm3 and 18% for
patients with a VRD larger than 15 cm3.
Conclusions. These data indicate
that patients with recurrent GBMs who start chemotherapy with a smaller volume
(< 10 cm3) of residual disease may have a more favorable response to
chemotherapy and a more favorable outcome.
PMID: 14743910 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14743910
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