Complete response to temozolomide in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

We report a case of incidentally diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in a patient with glioblastoma, which responded completely following standard treatment of the glioblastoma with temozolomide and cranial irradiation. The patient remained without an evidence of CLL until his death from re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rao, Archana, Ramani, Nisha, Stoppacher, Robert, Coyle, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.978
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Sumario:We report a case of incidentally diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in a patient with glioblastoma, which responded completely following standard treatment of the glioblastoma with temozolomide and cranial irradiation. The patient remained without an evidence of CLL until his death from recurrent glioblastoma. Further study of temozolomide for the treatment of CLL is indicated.

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