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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
Between 1981 and 1987, 133 patients with anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) or glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) were treated with surgery and post-operative radiotherapy. 36 AA and 31 GBM patients were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of CCNU 100 mg/m2 day 1, procarbazine 60 mg/m2 days 1-14, and vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 (max. 2 mg) days 1 and 8, every 6 weeks which we called a "modified PCV" (mPCV) regimen. 37 AA and 29 GBM patients were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of VM-26 75 mg/m2 days 1 and 2, and CCNU 60 mg/m2 days 3 and 4, every 6 weeks. Prognostic covariates such as patient's age, Karnofsky performance status score and the extent of surgery were balanced between the two treatment groups. The time to tumor progression and survival time for both regimens show that mPCV produces a two-fold increase in these factors at the 50th and 25th percentile for AA patients, but not for GBM patients, although there are more long-term GBM survivors with mPCV than with the VM-26 + CCNU regimen.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1120-009X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-8-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Advantage of post-radiotherapy chemotherapy with CCNU, procarbazine, and vincristine (mPCV) over chemotherapy with VM-26 and CCNU for malignant gliomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Kragujevac, Yugoslavia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study