• Pediatric blood & cancer · Apr 2010

    Case Reports

    Second complete remission of relapsed medulloblastoma induced by metronomic chemotherapy.

    • Jaroslav Sterba, Zdenek Pavelka, Nicolas Andre, Jiri Ventruba, Jarmila Skotakova, Viera Bajciova, Danica Bronisova, Lenka Dubska, and Dalibor Valik.
    • Pediatric Oncology Department, University Hospital Brno, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic. jsterb@fnbrno.cz
    • Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Apr 1; 54 (4): 616-7.

    AbstractPrognosis for children with relapsed medulloblastoma remains poor. Metronomic chemotherapy may offer some benefit to patients treated initially with intensive regimens. However, dosing and duration of such palliative treatment have not been systematically studied. Here we describe a child with medulloblastoma relapsing after initial high-dose chemotherapy and standard radiotherapy. The patient was then treated with metronomic chemotherapy and achieved second complete remission after 21 months of treatment. Three months off therapy he relapsed again and died from progressive disease. This case illustrates the potential benefit of metronomic chemotherapy but also shows the uncertainty of when to stop metronomic chemotherapy while balancing toxicity.

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