Chemotherapy and Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Primary Central Nervous System Non- Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells and may be an effective treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy and whole-brain radiation therapy in patients with primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Timeline

Start

1995-07

Primary completion

2006-10

Completion

2006-10

Publications

• Results Laack NN, O'Neill BP, Ballman KV, O'Fallon JR, Carrero XW, Kurtin PJ, Scheithauer BW, Brown PD, Habermann TM, Colgan JP, Gilbert MR, Hawkins RB, Morton RF, Windschitl HE, Fitch TR, Pajon ER Jr; North Central Cancer Treatment Group and Mayo Clinic. CHOD/BVAM chemotherapy and whole-brain radiotherapy for newly diagnosed primary central nervous system lymphoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Oct 1;81(2):476-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.06.002. Epub 2010 Aug 26.
• Results O'Neill BP, O'Fallon JR, Cha SS, et al.: Newly diagnosed primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL): initial report of North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG)/Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) protocol 93 73 51. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-2074, 2002.

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