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. 2017 Oct-Dec;38(4):495-501.
doi: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_200_16.

Modulated Radiotherapy with Concurrent and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Anaplastic Gliomas: Indian Single-center Data

Tejinder Kataria  1 , Trinanjan Basu  1 , Deepak Gupta  1 , Shikha Goyal  1 , Shahida Nasreen  1 , Shyam S Bisht  1 , Ashu Abhishek  1 , Susovan Banerjee  1 , Kushal Narang  1 , Ajaya N Jha  2 , Ishani Mohapatra  3 , Jayesh A Modi  4
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Modulated Radiotherapy with Concurrent and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Anaplastic Gliomas: Indian Single-center Data

Tejinder Kataria et al. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol. 2017 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate early clinical outcome for anaplastic gliomas (AG) treated in the era of modulated radiotherapy (RT) and concurrent plus adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ) in an Indian setting.

Materials and methods: Fifty-three patients with AGs treated with modulated RT and concurrent (95%) and adjuvant TMZ (90%) were analyzed. About 80% of patients had Karnofsky performance status (KPS) at least 90 with 30% seizure at presentation. Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging was available in 65% cases and RT dose was 60 Gy in 30 fractions. First posttreatment imaging was performed at 1 month and then at 3 and 6 months post-RT and then every 3 months. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to estimate disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS), and analysis was done using SPSS version 18.0.

Results: With median follow-up of 25 months, 2-year DFS and OS were 75% and 88%. There were only 5% symptomatic central nerves system and 8% symptomatic hematological toxicities. At the 1st evaluation, 30.4% had complete response (CR), at 3 months 40%, and at 6 months 43%. At 6 months, only 4% had progressive disease. Forty-six patients were evaluable till the last follow-up with and 55% had stable to CR. On univariate analysis for DFS, KPS at presentation >90 (P = 0.001) and response at 6 months (P = 0.02) were significant and for OS KPS at presentation (P = 0.004) alone.

Conclusion: Modulated RT with TMZ among Grade III glioma patients resulted in minimum treatment-related toxicities and encouraging survival. Molecular prognostic markers will determine most favorable groups in future.

Keywords: Anaplastic glioma; modulated radiotherapy; survival; temozolomide.

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Disease-free survival of the cohort
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Overall survival of the cohort
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Karnofsky performance status and disease-free survival of the cohort
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Disease-free survival and status 6-month postradiotherapy + temozolomide
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