| Literature DB >> 10891918 |
W Boogerd1, L D Dorresteijn, J J van Der Sande, G C de Gast, P F Bruning.
Abstract
Intraventricular chemotherapy with radiotherapy is the standard treatment of leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) from breast cancer; this treatment increases median survival only to about 3 months and is frequently complicated by serious side effects. The authors describe two patients with LM from breast cancer who were treated with hormonal therapy, which provided a neurologic response of at least 12 months and a survival of 14+ and 19 months. Hormonal therapy can be effective and nontoxic for patients with LM from breast cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10891918 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.55.1.117
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910