Successful neoadjuvant synchronous chemo- and radiotherapy for disseminated primary intracranial choriocarcinoma: case report
Successful neoadjuvant synchronous chemo- and radiotherapy for disseminated primary intracranial choriocarcinoma: case report
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DOI:
10.1007/s11060-006-9311-1
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发表时间:
2007-06-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Watanabe, Tsutomu
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作者:
Kageji, Teruyoshi;Nagahiro, Shinji;Watanabe, Tsutomu
We report a 17-year-old male with disseminated intracranial choriocarcinoma at the basal ganglia whose consciousness level was very low at diagnosis. He received neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) consisting of combined chemo- and radiotherapy prior to radical excision of the tumor. Postoperatively he was treated with three courses of high-dose chemotherapy (carboplatin (CBDCA), methotrexate (MTX), and etoposide (VP-16)) and peripheral blood stem-cell transplantation. This combination of therapies resulted in tumor regression on MRI and remarkable improvement in his neurological condition. Ours is the first report of the effectiveness of NAT followed by radical surgery in a patient with disseminated primary intracranial choriocarcinoma.