SUPERIORITY OF POST-RADIOTHERAPY ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY WITH CCNU, PROCARBAZINE, AND VINCRISTINE (PCV) OVER BCNU FOR ANAPLASTIC GLIOMAS - NCOG-6G61 FINAL REPORT

被引:326
作者
LEVIN, VA
SILVER, P
HANNIGAN, J
WARA, WM
GUTIN, PH
DAVIS, RL
WILSON, CB
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,SCH MED,BRAIN TUMOR RES CTR,DEPT NEUROL SURG,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94143
[2] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,SCH MED,DEPT RADIAT ONCOL,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94143
[3] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,SCH MED,DEPT PATHOL NEUROPATHOL,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94143
[4] NO CALIF ONCOL GRP,BELMONT,CA 94002
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS | 1990年 / 18卷 / 02期
关键词
BCNU; CCNU; Chemotherapy; Glioblastoma multiforme; Glioma; PCV; Procarbazine;
D O I
10.1016/0360-3016(90)90096-3
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Data from Northern California Oncology Group protocol 6G61, which was closed in February 1983, were reanalyzed in December 1988. The protocol called for a randomized trial that compared the effects of following 60 Gy radiation/oral hydroxyurea treatment with either carmustine (BCNU) or the combination of procarbazine, lomustine (CCNU), and vincristine (PCV) for two histologic strata: glioblastoma multiforme and other anaplastic gliomas. PCV produced longer survival and time to tumor progression than BCNU for both histologic groups, although the difference was statistically significant only for the anaplastic gliomas. With PCV treatment, time to progression and survival doubled for anaplastic glioma patients in the 50th and 25th percentiles. © 1990.
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页码:321 / 324
页数:4
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