Roger Stupp, Monika E Hegi, Warren P Mason, Martin J van den Bent, Martin J B Taphoorn, Robert C Janzer, Samuel K Ludwin, Anouk Allgeier, Barbara Fisher, Karl Belanger, Peter Hau, Alba A Brandes, Johanna Gijtenbeek, Christine Marosi, Charles J Vecht, Karima Mokhtari, Pieter Wesseling, Salvador Villa, Elizabeth Eisenhauer, Thierry Gorlia, Michael Weller, Denis Lacombe, J Gregory Cairncross, René-Olivier Mirimanoff
BACKGROUND: In 2004, a randomised phase III trial by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group (NCIC) reported improved median and 2-year survival for patients with glioblastoma treated with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide and radiotherapy. We report the final results with a median follow-up of more than 5 years. METHODS: Adult patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma were randomly assigned to receive either standard radiotherapy or identical radiotherapy with concomitant temozolomide followed by up to six cycles of adjuvant temozolomide...
May 2009: Lancet Oncology