PMID: 3755266Jan 1, 1986Paper

Clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of the brain lesions in lymphosarcomas

Voprosy onkologii
R A Setdikov, G V Kruglova

Abstract

The study group included 11 patients with brain metastases of disseminated lymphosarcoma. The most common clinical course was progression of the disease which manifested itself in the advancement of general cerebral symptoms as well as focal ones indicative of hemisphere, subcortex or cerebral trunk involvement. High single intravenous doses of cyclophosphamide and rubomycin and radiotherapy or their combination appeared highly effective in cases of brain specific involvement: complete or partial regression of neurologic symptoms was observed in 7 and 3 patients, respectively. Radiation treatment was followed by COP, COAP or CAMP polychemotherapy to curb extracerebral disease progression. Low median survival of patients with brain metastases (5.1 months) was due to extracerebral tumor progression. However, brain metastases were not immediate death-causing factors.

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