Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy

Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy

Primary gliosarcoma (PGS) is rare and is known for extra cranial metastases. The overall outcome is dismal and hence the focus is on providing the best quality of life. This report describes a seventy-year-old lady who at presentation had metastatic primary gliosarcoma with intractable cough. Her lu...

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Main Authors: Janaki Manur Gururajachar, Sweta Polisetty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IJCTO 2016-03-01
Series:International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology
Subjects:
Gliosarcoma, Lung Metastases, SBRT
Online Access:http://ijcto.org/index.php/IJCTO/article/view/381
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spelling doaj-69fdd980c6314ab9ac339113a843acd12020-11-25T00:37:50ZengIJCTOInternational Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology 2330-40492016-03-014110.14319/ijcto.41.4241Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapyJanaki Manur Gururajachar0Sweta Polisetty1Department of Radiation Oncology, M. S. Ramaiah Medical College Bangalore, KarnatakaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, M. S. Ramaiah Medical College Bangalore, KarnatakaPrimary gliosarcoma (PGS) is rare and is known for extra cranial metastases. The overall outcome is dismal and hence the focus is on providing the best quality of life. This report describes a seventy-year-old lady who at presentation had metastatic primary gliosarcoma with intractable cough. Her lung lesion was treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to a dose of 10 Gy per fraction for three consecutive days. She was free of cough till her death at eighteen months after treatment. This is probably the first reported case of excellent long-term quality of life in a patient of metastatic primary gliosarcoma.http://ijcto.org/index.php/IJCTO/article/view/381Gliosarcoma, Lung Metastases, SBRT
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author Janaki Manur Gururajachar
Sweta Polisetty
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Sweta Polisetty
Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy
International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology
Gliosarcoma, Lung Metastases, SBRT
author_facet Janaki Manur Gururajachar
Sweta Polisetty
author_sort Janaki Manur Gururajachar
title Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy
title_short Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy
title_full Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy
title_fullStr Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy
title_full_unstemmed Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy
title_sort long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy
publisher IJCTO
series International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology
issn 2330-4049
publishDate 2016-03-01
description Primary gliosarcoma (PGS) is rare and is known for extra cranial metastases. The overall outcome is dismal and hence the focus is on providing the best quality of life. This report describes a seventy-year-old lady who at presentation had metastatic primary gliosarcoma with intractable cough. Her lung lesion was treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to a dose of 10 Gy per fraction for three consecutive days. She was free of cough till her death at eighteen months after treatment. This is probably the first reported case of excellent long-term quality of life in a patient of metastatic primary gliosarcoma.
topic Gliosarcoma, Lung Metastases, SBRT
url http://ijcto.org/index.php/IJCTO/article/view/381
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