Adjuvant chemotherapy after severe myelotoxicity during chemoradiation phase in malignant gliomas. Is it feasibile? Results from AINO study (Italian Association for Neuro-Oncology).
Veronica VillaniElena AnghileriLuca ProsperiniGiuseppe LombardiRoberta RudàPaola GavianiSimona RizzatoGaetano LanzettaAlessandra FabiClaudia ScaringiEdoardo PronelloGiorgia SimonettiGiada TargatoAndrea PacePublished in: Journal of neurology (2021)
Our study suggests that after severe myelotoxicity the majority of patients received treatment, particularly with TMZ. Only a fraction of patients experienced toxicity recurrence, suggesting that TMZ is well tolerated and had an impact on PFS and OS.