Antiangiogenic therapy in the treatment of recurrent medulloblastoma in the adult: case report and review of the literature

J Oncol. 2009:2009:247873. doi: 10.1155/2009/247873. Epub 2009 Dec 30.

Abstract

Medulloblastoma is a rare tumor in central nervous system, with an even rarer occurrence in adulthood. The management of a recurrent disease is a medical challenge; chemotherapy has been used as the treatment of choice, while reirradiation has been employed in selected cases. We report the case of a 51-year-old man with recurrent medulloblastoma. He was treated with local reirradiation, chemotherapy, and antiangiogenic drug, with the latter giving the longer progression-free interval. The aim of this report is to show that recurrent medulloblastoma in adults can be approached with a multimodality treatment and that antiangiogenic therapy should have a role in the management of this disease.

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  • Case Reports