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. 2008 Jun 18;19(11):1837–1841. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdn385

Table 3.

Patients with CNS relapse (N = 110)a

Treatment arms Control (no T)
Experimental (T)
Treatment A or AC
A–T or AT
n % n %
CNS relapse 39 100 71 100
Neurological symptoms 29/32 91 58/65 90
Brain metastases 34/38 90 61/67 91
Meningeal carcinomatosis 6/34 18 13/64 20
CNS only disease at death 8/38 21 18/68 26
CNS-R main cause of death 24/38 63 37/68 54
CT scan abnormal due to CNS-R 30/35 86 39/59 66
MRI abnormal due to CNS-R 10/33 30 28/60 47
CSF abnormal due to CNS-R 1/31 3.2 6/59 8.5
a

Denominators indicate numbers of patients with information available.

CNS-R, central nervous system relapse; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; T, docetaxel; A, doxorubicin; AC, doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide.