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Ni Fan1, Lu Zhang1, Xiaoping Xu1
1Department of Hematology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with poor long-term survival. This study assessed methotrexate (MTX) plus idarubicin (IDA) in treating patients of PCNSL comparing to MTX alone therapy. A total of 100 patients were retrospectively enrolled and subjected to MTX alone (n = 52) and MTX plus IDA (n = 48). The completed response (CR) rate in patients treated with MTX plus IDA was 62.50%, and overall response (OR) rate was 79.17%, which in MTX alone cohort were 42.31% and 63.46% respectively. Median progression-free survival (PFS) of patients treated with MTX plus IDA was significantly better than those treated with MTX alone (18.35 months vs.8.45months, P = 0.000). The MTX plus IDA regimen exhibited a significantly better control of PCNSL. Further studies would be needed to confirm these results.
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