Primary central nervous system lymphoma a report of nine cases.
Indian J Cancer
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1996 Jun; 33(2): 103-7
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-50062
ABSTRACT
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare neoplasm of B cell origin and constitute less than 1% of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Histology is mainly of high grade and intermediate type. Although NHL is known to be highly sensitive to both irradiation and cytotoxic drugs, being a curable malignancy, the therapeutic results remain disappointing. Clinical observations on nine cases of PCNSL seen in one of the major cancer centres in India is presented in this paper. Radiotherapy combined with Chemotherapy although yielded encouraging initial response in these patients, the long term response was unsatisfactory with median survival for these patients being only 19 months. This warrants an alternative therapeutic approach to improve the dismal prognosis of PCNSL.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Brain Neoplasms
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Lymphoma, B-Cell
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Adult
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Middle Aged
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Cancer
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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