Multidisciplinary Therapy for Gliomas

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Abstract
The effect of multidisciplinary therapy is discussed, focusing on the results of the combined use and single use of intracarotid injection of 1-(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl-3-(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitrosourea hydrochloride (ACNU), fractionated irradiation by 60Co, and subcutaneous injection of OK-432 on brain tumor-bearing rats as well as on 31 human glioma cases. The experiments using brain tumor-bearing rats demonstrated the dose dependency of ACNU, and ACNU combined with 60Co irradiation resulted in an additive promoting effect, compared with the results of single use of each therapy. As for the mechanism of this effect, in addition to cell synchronization, the cell-killing effect of ACNU enforced by the circulatory disturbance due to irradiation was shown by the histological study. Multidisciplinary therapy for clinical cases, on the other hand, demonstrated good results among 60% of glioblastoma patients and 73% of benign astrocytoma patients, resulting in an improved survival rate. In in vivo study, OK-432 showed no cytocidal effect; however, OK-432 was an important agent for clinical use as it was effective in maintaining the general condition, or in reducing side effects induced by the combined use of ACNU and 60Co irradiation.

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