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PCV chemotherapy for recurrent glioblastoma.

Schmidt F, Fischer J, Herrlinger U, Dietz K, Dichgans J, Weller M

Department of General Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tuebingen, Medical School, Tuebingen, Germany. friederike.schmidt@uni-tuebingen.de

The authors administered procarbazine, 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU, lomustine), and vincristine (PCV) to 86 patients with recurrent glioblastoma. There were three partial responses, but no complete responses. Median progression-free survival was 17.1 weeks and progression-free survival at 6 months was 38.4%. World Health Organization grade III/IV hematologic toxicity was common (25.6%), but nonhematologic toxicity was mild.

Published 28 February 2006 in Neurology, 66(4): 587-9.
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