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Early Temodar improves survival in glioblastoma multiforme
June 5-8, 2004. New Orleans, LA.
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The ASCO (American Society Of Clinical Oncology) Annual Meeting is the
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Early low-dose chemotherapy appears to improve
short-term survival in patients with a form of brain cancer called
glioblastoma multiforme. This is considered to be the first significant advance against the
disease in decades.
The study conducted by the European Organization for Research and
Treatment of Cancer involved the drug Temodar. Until now, the medicine has
typically been used only after radiation to shrink the tumor.
It included 573 patients who were given standard treatment
with or without early Temodar. After two years, survival was 26 percent
for those receiving Temodar, compared with just 10 percent getting the
usual care.
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