COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY INCLUDING PROCARBAZINE (NATULAN) IN THE TREATMENT OF ANAPLASTIC OLIGODENDROGLIOMAS

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Our investigation has demonstrated the high efficiency of combined chemotherapy (CT) including procarbazine + lomustine or procarbazine + lomustine + vincristine in patients with anaplastic oligodendrogliomas. Postoperative CT has been recently recommended for patients with deletion of chromosomes 1p and 19q, by taking into account the good prognosis of a therapeutic effect, better parameters of time till progression in this patient group, and a risk for cognitive impairments after brain radiotherapy.

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D. R. Naskhletashvili

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow

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A. Kh. Bekyashev

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow

Russian Federation

V. B. Karakhan

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow

Russian Federation

V. A. Aleshin

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow

Russian Federation

R. G. Fu

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow

Russian Federation

D. M. Belov

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow

Russian Federation

E. G. Chmutin

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow

Russian Federation

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Copyright (c) 2012 Naskhletashvili D.R., Bekyashev A.K., Karakhan V.B., Aleshin V.A., Fu R.G., Belov D.M., Chmutin E.G.

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