Successful combination chemotherapy (vincristine, procarbazine, etoposide, and prednisolone) in the treatment of inoperable, radioresistant low grade astrocytoma: a case report
Maipang MVasiknanonte, P.; Janjindamai SHirunpat, S.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 83(12): 1525-1529
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 11253894 Document Number: 7693
A case of successful combination chemotherapy using vincristine, procarbazine, VP-16 and prednisolone to treat an inoperable low grade astrocytoma is presented. This patient, whose tumor was also resistant to radiotherapy, had well controlled symptoms after the initiation of chemotherapy. A brain CT scan demonstrated disappearance of the tumor mass after eight courses of a combination chemotherapy regimen. She is at present symptom-free 80 months after diagnosis. This result suggests that combination chemotherapy may offer treatment modalities for low grade astrocytoma.
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