Intensive cisplatin and cyclophosphamide-based chemotherapy without radiotherapy for intracranial germinomas: failure of a primary chemotherapy approach

Pediatric Blood & Cancer
S J KellieJ L Finlay

Abstract

High rates of overall and event-free survival have been reported in patients with intracranial germinomas treated with craniospinal radiotherapy. More recently, similar results have been reported with chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy to more localized treatment volumes. Our interest in exploring chemotherapy without radiotherapy in patients with CNS germinomas was based on concerns about the late sequelae of radiotherapy to the brain or neuraxis and also the well documented success of chemotherapy alone in patients with disseminated extracranial germinomas. The primary objective of this study was to determine whether intensive cisplatin and cyclophosphamide-based combination chemotherapy, without radiotherapy, was effective in patients with CNS germinomas. Nineteen patients were enrolled, ranging in age from 1 to 24 years (median, 14 years). Thirteen were male. Nine had diabetes insipidus. Therapy comprised two courses of Regimen 'A' (cisplatin, etoposide, cyclophosphamide, and bleomycin) followed by MRI evaluation. Patients achieving a complete remission (CR) completed all planned therapy with two courses of regimen 'B' (carboplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin). Patients achieving less than a CR received two courses of Re...Continue Reading

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