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Multimodal treatment for local recurrent malignant gliomas: Resurgery and/or reirradiation followed by chemotherapy

  • Authors:
    • Arsela Prelaj
    • Sara Elena Rebuzzi
    • Massimiliano Grassi
    • Julio Rodrigo Giròn Berrìos
    • Silvia Pecorari
    • Carmela Fusto
    • Carla Ferrara
    • Maurizio Salvati
    • Valeria Stati
    • Silverio Tomao
    • Vincenzo Bianco
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  • Published online on: October 16, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2018.1745
  • Pages: 49-57
  • Copyright: © Prelaj et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The therapeutic management of recurrent malignant gliomas (MGs) is not determined. Therefore, the efficacy of a multimodal approach and a combination systemic therapy was investigated. A retrospective analysis of 26 MGs patients at first relapse treated with multimodal therapy (chemotherapy plus surgery and/or reirradiation) or chemotherapy alone was performed. Second-line chemotherapy consisted of fotemustine (FTM) in combination with bevacizumab (BEV) (cFTM/BEV) or followed by third-line BEV (sFTM/BEV). Subgroup analyses were performed. Multimodal therapy provided a higher overall response rate (ORR) (73 vs. 47%), disease control rate (DCR) (82 vs. 67%), median progression-free survival (mPFS) (11 vs. 7 months; P=0.08) and median overall survival (mOS) (13 vs. 8 months; P=0.04) compared with chemotherapy. Concomitant FTM/BEV resulted in higher ORR (84 vs. 36%), DCR (92 vs. 57%), mPFS (10 vs. 5 months; P=0.22) and mOS (11 vs. 5.2 months; P=0.15) compared with sFTM/BEV. Methylated patients did not experience additional survival benefits with multimodality treatment but had higher mPFS (10 vs 7.1 months; P=0.33) and mOS (11 vs. 8 months; P=0.33) with cFTM/BEV. Unmethylated patients experienced the greatest survival benefit with the multimodal approach (mPFS: 10 vs. 5 months; mOS 11 vs 6 months; both P=0.02) and cFTM/BEV (mPFS: 5 vs. 2 months; mOS 6 vs. 3.2 months; both P=0.01). In conclusion, in recurrent MGs, multimodal therapy and cFTM/BEV provide survival and response benefits. Methylated patients benefit from a cFTM/BEV but not from a multimodal approach. Notably, unmethylated patients had the highest survival benefit with the two strategies.
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Prelaj A, Rebuzzi SE, Grassi M, Giròn Berrìos JR, Pecorari S, Fusto C, Ferrara C, Salvati M, Stati V, Tomao S, Tomao S, et al: Multimodal treatment for local recurrent malignant gliomas: Resurgery and/or reirradiation followed by chemotherapy. Mol Clin Oncol 10: 49-57, 2019
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Prelaj, A., Rebuzzi, S.E., Grassi, M., Giròn Berrìos, J.R., Pecorari, S., Fusto, C. ... Bianco, V. (2019). Multimodal treatment for local recurrent malignant gliomas: Resurgery and/or reirradiation followed by chemotherapy. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 10, 49-57. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2018.1745
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Prelaj, A., Rebuzzi, S. E., Grassi, M., Giròn Berrìos, J. R., Pecorari, S., Fusto, C., Ferrara, C., Salvati, M., Stati, V., Tomao, S., Bianco, V."Multimodal treatment for local recurrent malignant gliomas: Resurgery and/or reirradiation followed by chemotherapy". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 10.1 (2019): 49-57.
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Prelaj, A., Rebuzzi, S. E., Grassi, M., Giròn Berrìos, J. R., Pecorari, S., Fusto, C., Ferrara, C., Salvati, M., Stati, V., Tomao, S., Bianco, V."Multimodal treatment for local recurrent malignant gliomas: Resurgery and/or reirradiation followed by chemotherapy". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 10, no. 1 (2019): 49-57. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2018.1745