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The management of primary central nervous system lymphoma related to AIDS in the HAART era.
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PMID:  21946245     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The review highlights the recent advances in the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of AIDS-related primary CNS lymphoma (AIDS-PCNSL). RECENT FINDINGS: The incidence of AIDS-PCNSL has decreased in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The prognosis has improved and this most probably in relation both with the HAART-induced immunologic status recovery and subsequently the possibility to use more aggressive treatment strategies. Immunomodulatory effect of HAART seems also to have an indirect antitumor activity on the disease. SUMMARY: The treatment strategy for AIDS-PCNSL in the HAART era tends to become similar to that of the immunocompetent population. In the absence of randomized trials devoted to AIDS-PCNSL, most current national comprehensive cancer network guidelines recommend the use of high-dose methotrexate-based chemotherapy combined or not with whole-brain radiotherapy as initial treatment in addition to HAART. The objective for the future would be that prognosis of AIDS-PCNSL catch up with that of the immunocompetent patients with special attention to systemic and neurocognitive tolerance of the treatments.
Authors:
Alberto González-Aguilar; José Luis Soto-Hernández
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-9-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current opinion in oncology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1531-703X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-9-27     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9007265     Medline TA:  Curr Opin Oncol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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aPierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France bDepartment of Neuro-infectology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, México.
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