Identifier |
19860227_nanos_chemotherneurosympos_02 |
Title |
Intracarotid Infusion of BCNU or CIS-Platinum in Patients with Malignant Glioma |
Creator |
Sun Hoo Foo; In Sup Choi; Alejandro Berenstein; Arlene Wise; Joseph Ransohoff; Gleb Budzilovich; Mark J. Kupersmith |
Affiliation |
(SHF) (MJK) Department of Neurology; (JR) (AW) Neurosurgery; (ISC) (AB) Neuroradiology; (GB) Neuropathology; New York University Medical Center, New York, NY |
Subject |
Intracarotid Infusion; CIS-Platinum; Malignant Glioma; Radical Surgical Resection; Carotid Artery |
Description |
In spite of intense efforts to improve survival over the past 20 years, malignant glioma remains a fatal disease. The best treatment results using the combined modalities of radical surgical resection, 6000 rads of whole brain rad i at1. on, an d intravenous BCNU o ff er, at b est, 20 - 30% two year survey 1(1,2,3,4,4a) The major chemotherapeutic limitation has been cumulative myelosuppression and delayed pulmonary, hepatic and renal toxicity of BCNU. Attempts to improve survival utilizing high dose BCNU with autologous bone marrow infusion is cumbersome and associated with significant toxicity(5). |
Date |
1986-02-27 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
1986 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
Chemotherapy in Neuro-Ophthalmology Symposium |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 1986. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6gb59rs |
Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
ID |
183578 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gb59rs |