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6177395

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
Forty breast cancer patients with meningeal carcinomatosis were treated with a combined program of whole brain irradiation therapy with intrathecal and intraventricular methotrexate and citrovorum factor rescue. Responses were seen in 26 patients (65%); 13 patients (35%) failed to respond. The median survival time for the responding patients was six months, and for the nonresponders, one month. Factors affecting response and survival included pretreatment spinal fluid glucose, protein, and duration of CNS-related symptomatology prior to onset of therapy. In contrast, pretreatment CSF tumor cell count, CEA and initial CNS functional status did not appear to have prognostic significance. The authors conclude that following intensive therapy there can be much improvement in the quality of life and disease-free survival in breast cancer patients with meningeal carcinomatosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment for meningeal carcinomatosis in breast cancer.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article