Successful non-neurotoxic therapy (without radiation) of a multifocal primary brain lymphoma with a methotrexate, vincristine, and BCNU protocol (DEMOB)

Cancer. 1986 Jan 1;57(1):6-11. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19860101)57:1<6::aid-cncr2820570104>3.0.co;2-b.

Abstract

A 3.5-year-old boy with a multifocal primary lymphoma of the brain was treated successfully without neurotoxicity with a treatment regimen that did not include radiation. The protocol of Dexacort (dexamethasone), methotrexate, Oncovin (vincristine), and BCNU (carmustine) (DEMOB), which was developed with the use of MTX pharmacokinetic studies, was given over 7.5 months, and resulted in tumor disappearance on computerized tomography scans and marked improvement in clinical status. The patient remains in good health 3 years after diagnosis (March 1985).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Carmustine / administration & dosage
  • Carmustine / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Lymphoma / drug therapy*
  • Lymphoma / pathology
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Methotrexate / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage
  • Vincristine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Vincristine
  • Dexamethasone
  • Carmustine
  • Methotrexate

Supplementary concepts

  • DEMOB protocol