The Use of Intravenous Vitamin C as a Supportive Therapy for a Patient with Glioblastoma Multiforme.
Nicola BaillieAnitra C. CarrSelene PengPublished in: Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) (2018)
Glioblastoma multiforme is a high grade malignant brain tumour with a poor prognosis. Here we report the case of a woman with glioblastoma who lived for over four years from diagnosis (median survival 12 months and 2% survival for three years), experiencing good quality of life for most of that time. She underwent initial debulking craniotomy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, as well as having intravenous vitamin C infusions 2⁻3 times weekly over the four years from diagnosis. Her progress was monitored by blood tests, regular computerised tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, clinical reviews and European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaires (EORTC QLQ C30). Our case report highlights the benefits of intravenous vitamin C as a supportive therapy for patients with glioblastoma.
Keyphrases
- poor prognosis
- case report
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- high grade
- computed tomography
- high dose
- long non coding rna
- locally advanced
- early stage
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- magnetic resonance
- white matter
- low dose
- systematic review
- randomized controlled trial
- papillary thyroid
- image quality
- radiation induced
- pet ct
- resting state
- blood brain barrier
- clinical decision support
- smoking cessation