title: Neoadjuvant temozolomide followed by complete resection of a 1p- and 19q-deleted anaplastic oligoastrocytoma: case study.
abstract: A 38-year-old woman presented with an infiltrative tumor of the right frontal lobe and genu of the corpus callosum that was deemed only partially resectable. A stereotactic biopsy was performed, which revealed a right frontal oligoastrocytoma that had some anaplastic features as well as allelic loss of chromosome arms 1p and 19q. The patient was treated with temozolomide for 24 months. The partial response of the tumor to chemotherapy rendered the lesion amenable to gross total resection, which was performed subsequently. The patient remains alive and well without evidence of recurrence 7 months after resection and 48 months after initial diagnosis. Thus, preoperative chemotherapy decreased tumor mass to a degree that subsequently enabled a gross total resection. This treatment strategy, although common in the treatment of other solid tumors, is rarely utilized in adult neuro-oncology and raises another potential role for chromosome testing in oligodendroglial tumor management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Alfredo D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Voloschin
authors.forename: David N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.forename: Garth R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Cosgrove
authors.forename: Tracy T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Batchelor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D000077204:Temozolomide
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D003606:Dacarbazine; D000077204:Temozolomide