Journal article
First-line treatment and outcome of elderly patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL)—a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To investigate prognosis and effects of first-line therapy in elderly primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) patients.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: A systematic review of studies about first-line therapy in immunocompetent patients ≥60 years with PCNSL until 2014 and a meta-analysis of individual patient data from eligible studies and international collaborators were carried out.
Authors
Kasenda B; Ferreri AJM; Marturano E; Forst D; Bromberg J; Ghesquieres H; Ferlay C; Blay JY; Hoang-Xuan K; Pulczynski EJ
Journal
Annals of Oncology, Vol. 26, No. 7, pp. 1305–1313
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2015
DOI
10.1093/annonc/mdv076
ISSN
0923-7534