The clinical, radiological, and immunohistochemical characteristics and outcomes of primary intracranial gliosarcoma: a retrospective single-centre study
- 18 March 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Neurosurgical Review
- Vol. 44 (2), 1003-1015
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-020-01285-4
Abstract
Primary intracranial gliosarcoma is a rare malignant brain tumour, and the most effective treatment for gliosarcoma remains unclear. This study aimed to identify risk factors for progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in these cases. This retrospective single-centre study evaluated 103 patients (median age, 51 years; 67 men [65%]) with primary intracranial gliosarcoma between 2006 and 2017. Treatments included surgery (GTR, 63 patients; STR, 39 patients; biopsy, 1 patient), radiotherapy (adjuvant, 76 patients; exclusive treatment, 1 patient), and chemotherapy (adjuvant temozolomide, 52 patients; adjuvant nimustine/teniposide, 19 patients; adjuvant bevacizumab, 1 patient; exclusive nimustine/teniposide treatment, 1 patient). The median OS was 13.3 months, and the median PFS was 9.1 months. In the multivariate analyses, the poor prognostic factors were ependymal lining enhancement of the lateral ventricle (PFS, HR 2.406, p = 0.005; OS, HR 2.946, p = 0.009) and enhancement in the motor functional cortex (PFS, HR 2.892, p = 0.002; OS, HR 2.639, p = 0.009). Good OS was predicted by adjuvant radiotherapy alone (HR 0.071, p < 0.001), adjuvant temozolomide-based chemotherapy alone (HR 0.063, p = 0.005), adjuvant temozolomide-based chemotherapy with concurrent radiotherapy (HR 0.056, p < 0.001), and salvage surgery at recurrence (HR 0.449, p = 0.031). The present study revealed that, in patients with primary intracranial gliosarcoma, enhancement in the functional motor cortex and ependymal lining enhancement of the lateral ventricle were both poor prognostic factors. Survival was optimized in cases treated using maximal safe resection followed by adjuvant temozolomide-based chemotherapy with concurrent radiotherapy. Furthermore, salvage surgery provided meaningful therapeutic benefits for recurrent gliosarcoma.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81672506)
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