Prevention of recurrence and prolonged survival in primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) patients treated with adjuvant high-dose methylprednisolone |
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Authors: | BP O Neill, TM Habermann, TE Witzig M Rodriguez |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA;(2) Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, MN, USA;(3) Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, 200 First Street SW, 55905 Rochester, MN, USA |
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Abstract: | Five patients at risk for primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) recurrence were treated with high-dose methylprednisolone, (HDMP) to prevent ‘trafficking’ of malignant lymphocytes into the central nervous system (CNS). HDMP was chosen because of its ability to stabilize the ‘blood brain barrier (BBB)’. Three men with newly diagnosed PCNSL, ages 62, 76 and 78 y, whose survival was projected to be 6.6 months, began treatment after achieving complete response (CR) to initial radiation therapy alone and survived 27, 37 and 59 months after treatment. In none was death from recurrent disease in CNS but one patient did die of systemic non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) five years after PCNSL diagnosis. A 20 y old man was treated with HDMP after successful combined modality therapy and is alive 75+months after initial diagnosis without evidence of disease recurrence. A 34 y old man relapsed after combined modality initial treatment and failed to respond to HDMP when treatment was begun after unsuccessful salvage therapy; he died of disease 12 months after initial diagnosis. There were no treatment complications. The promising results in this pilot study from the basis for a North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) 96-73-51, a Phase 2 clinical trial of brain radiotherapy and HDMP for PCNSL patients 70 y of age and older, a group of patients at high risk for toxicity from intensive combined modality therapy. |
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Keywords: | PCNSL brain tumors adjuvant therapies methylprednisolone homing |
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