Case Report

Antiangiogenic Therapy in the Treatment of Recurrent Medulloblastoma in the Adult: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Patient natural history.

Date TreatmentsComments

April 1999 Surgery (total resection)-DFI/6 years
Craniospinal irradiation (35 Gy) + boost PCF (18 Gy) total dose 54 Gy

March 2005 Relapse (cervico-dorsal spinal cord)Progression after 8 months
Chemotherapy (dacarbazine-vp16- CDDP/carboplatin 6 cycles)

November 2005 Relapse (brain stem and cervical spinal cord)Partial response PFI 13 months
Chemotherapy (procarbazine-lomustine 2 cycles)
Reirradiation (brainstem and spinal cord 24 Gy) plus concomitant temozolomide
Temozolomide (13 cycles until December 2006)

January 2007 Relapse (sacral spinal)Progressive disease
Chemotherapy (vincristine-VP16-ifosfamide-2 cycles)

April 2007 Relapse (brain)Complete response
Targeted therapy (bevacizumab q.14 3 months)

October 2007 Arterious hypertensionProgressive disease
Targeted therapy (bevacizumab q.21 4 months)

February 2008 Relapse (cervical spinal cord)Partial response
Targeted therapy (bevacizumab q.14 7 months until September 2008)

October 2008Cerebral hygroma/epileptic syndromeDeath