Complete response after one cycle of temozolomide in an elderly patient with glioblastoma and poor performance status

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-188

  Ducray, François ^a,b   Benouaich Amiel, Alexandra ^a,b   Idbaih, Ahmed ^a,b   Rousseau, Audrey ^a,b   Laigle Donadey, Florence ^a,b   Delattre, Jean Yves ^a,b   Sanson, Marc ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

CG Harray; Elderly; Glioblastoma; MGMT; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN MDM2; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELDERLY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; RETREATMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DACARBAZINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 43149103905     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9546-0     Document Type: Article

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