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SUBMITTER: Morales-Martinez A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8303711 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morales-Martinez Andrea A Lozano-Sanchez Fernando F Duran-Peña Alberto A Hoang-Xuan Khe K Houillier Caroline C
Cancers 20210712 14
The management of elderly patients suffering from primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma, who represent a rapidly growing population, is challenging. Despite the advances made in PCNSL treatment, the prognosis in older patients remains unsatisfactory. The high risk of systemic and CNS toxicity induced by a high-dose chemotherapy regimen and radiation therapy, respectively, limits the use of consolidation phase treatments in elderly patients and contributes to the poor outcome of these pat ...[more]