• Neurologia · Apr 2007

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    [Glioma therapy up-date].

    • B Pilo de la Fuente, J Dalmau, and M Rosenfeld.
    • Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
    • Neurologia. 2007 Apr 1; 22 (3): 159-69.

    AbstractThe prognosis for patients with malignant brain tumors has always been poor and until recently chemotherapy had not shown to be very effective. Temozolomide is a novel second-generation alkylating agent that has shown efficacy for the treatment of high-grade gliomas. Temozolomide is well-tolerated by most patients and has favorable pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties. In patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme, radiation therapy with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide significantly improves overall survival compared to treatment with only radiation. The benefit of temozolomide is greatest in patients with tumors that have a methylated 06-methyl-guanine DNA methyl transferase gene promoter that results in decreased repair of temozolomide-induced DNA damage. This chapter will briefly review the diagnosis and treatment of patients with malignant brain tumors and then will focus on the role of temozolomide in glioma therapy.

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