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Erschienen in: Journal of Neuro-Oncology 3/2023

18.12.2023 | Case Study

Neuropsychological functioning during chemotherapy with temozolomide in high-grade glioma patients: a retrospective single centre study

verfasst von: Giorgia Abete-Fornara, Petra Bintintan Socaciu, Claudia Fanizzi, Giorgio Fiore, Marco Locatelli, Manuela Caroli

Erschienen in: Journal of Neuro-Oncology | Ausgabe 3/2023

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Abstract

Purpose

starting from a lack of precise and coherent data in literature, aim of this work is to retrospectively study the influence of chemotherapy with Temozolomide (TMZ) on a wide series of neuropsychological functions in a population of adult high-grade glioma patients.

Methods

an extensive neuropsychological battery was administered pre-operatively (T0) and after 6 (T1) and 12 months (T2) from surgery. After full recovery from surgery, TMZ was delivered concomitant to radiotherapy and, subsequently, adjuvantly for 5-day cycles per month. Parametric and non-parametric analyses were conducted to verify the influence of several aspects of chemotherapy on the adjusted scores of each cognitive test at the two post-operative follow-ups.

Results

Sixty-one patients were included at T0; patients with a lower adjuvant TMZ dosage reported a better performance at the visual attention test at T1, and at the deductive reasoning test at T2. Undergoing more than 8 cycles of adjuvant therapy was slightly associated with a better performance at the long-term verbal memory tasks at T2. No other associations were found with the other cognitive tests and autonomy scales administered.

Conclusions

TMZ proved to be a secure treatment with no negative side effects on cognition and on level of daily autonomy, even at the highest dosage used. This is a positive finding which enables clinicians to reassure patients about the absence of significant negative effects of TMZ on their daily life functioning. In this view, eventual cognitive changes during treatment might not be attributed to chemotherapy but to other events such as tumour relapse.
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Metadaten
Titel
Neuropsychological functioning during chemotherapy with temozolomide in high-grade glioma patients: a retrospective single centre study
verfasst von
Giorgia Abete-Fornara
Petra Bintintan Socaciu
Claudia Fanizzi
Giorgio Fiore
Marco Locatelli
Manuela Caroli
Publikationsdatum
18.12.2023
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Neuro-Oncology / Ausgabe 3/2023
Print ISSN: 0167-594X
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7373
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-023-04533-x

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