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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2013

Central nervous system prophylaxis in patients with aggressive diffuse large B cell lymphoma: an analysis of 3,258 patients in a single center.

Agustin Avilés, M Jesús Nambo, Natividad Neri

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Agustin AvilésOncology Research Oncology Diseases, Ave. Cuauhtemoc 330, Colonia Doctores, 06725 Mexico, DF, Mexico. aamiranda12@gmail.com
M Jesús Nambo
Natividad Neri
Mexican Social Security Institute · MXUniversidad Cuauhtémoc · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Central nervous system (CNS) relapse continues to be a frequent and usually fatal complication in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Multiple factors identify the possibility of relapse and justify neurological prophylaxis; however, most of these have not been confirmed. Thus, the use of prophylaxis has not been defined. From 1988 to 2008, 3,258 patients with DLBCL with higher clinical risks and multiple extranodal involvement that have been treated with standard anthracycline-based chemotherapy: CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone) or CHOP-R (CHOP plus rituximab) and that achieve complete response were retrospectively analyzed to assess the efficacy of CNS prophylaxis. One thousand five patients received different schedules for CNS prophylaxis, and 2,253 patients did not receive CNS prophylaxis. CNS relapse was similar in patients who receive prophylaxis (6 %) compared to patients who did not receive prophylaxis (5.9 %). Overall survival of patients who either receive or did not receive prophylaxis was not statistically significant: 49 % versus 53 % (p = 0.802). Thus, it seems that CNS prophylaxis did not improve outcome in this special setting of patients, and no prognostic factors to predict the presence of CNS relapse were identified. It is evident that multicentric studies are necessary to define the role of prophylaxis in order to prevent CNS relapse and that the therapeutic procedure will be carefully revised.

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Cancer Care FacilitiesAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyCytarabineFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHydrocortisoneLeucovorinLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseMaleMethotrexateMiddle AgedCytarabineHydrocortisoneLeucovorinMethotrexate

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