Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma Receiving Valganciclovir
Author(s) -
Cecilia SöderbergNauclér,
Afsar Rahbar,
Giuseppe Stragliotto
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmc1302145
Subject(s) - medicine , glioblastoma , valganciclovir , retrospective cohort study , randomized controlled trial , oncology , overall survival , ganciclovir , surgery , human cytomegalovirus , immunology , virus , cancer research
A retrospective analysis of selected patients with glioblastoma who received treatment for cytomegalovirus with their anticancer treatment showed surprisingly good 2-year survival. A randomized trial is needed.
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