Abstract
Objective and importance Therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome (t-MDS) is a rare and typically fatal complication of therapy for cancer, including brain tumors. We report successful therapy of t-MDS that developed after treatment for an anaplastic astrocytoma.
Clinical presentation t-MDS developed four and one-half years after successful therapy (resection, radiation and chemotherapy) administered for a cerebral anaplastic astrocytoma in a 34-year-old patient.
Intervention The patient was treated with allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) for t-MDS.
Conclusion She is alive three years after BMT with no evidence of brain tumor and in complete remission from t-MDS. To our knowledge, this is the first report of allogeneic BMT administered for t-MDS in an adult brain tumor patient. Clinicians must be alert to the development of t-MDS following chemotherapy for brain tumors and initiate appropriate treatment promptly.
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Rogers, L.R., Janakiraman, N., Kasten-Sportes, C. et al. Therapy-related Myelodysplastic Syndrome (t-MDS) in a Patient with Anaplastic Astrocytoma: Successful Treatment with Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant. J Neurooncol 53, 55–59 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011878214861
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