Hier ein Abstract eines neuen Artikels.
J Clin Neurosci. 2005 May;12(4):389-98.
Photodynamic therapy of high grade glioma - long term survival.
Stylli SS, Kaye AH, Macgregor L, Howes M, Rajendra P.
Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Haemetaporphyrin derivative (HpD) mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been investigated as an adjuvant treatment for cerebral glioma. This study records the survival of patients at the Royal Melbourne Hospital with residences in the State of Victoria, utilizing the Victorian Cancer Registry database for patients treated with adjuvant PDT following surgical resection of the tumour. For primary (newly diagnosed) tumours, median survival from initial diagnosis was 76.5 months for anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) and 14.3 months for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Seventy-three percent of patients with AA and 25% with GBM survived longer than 36 months. For recurrent tumour, median survival from the time of surgery was 66.6 months for AA and 13.5 months for GBM. Fifty-seven percent of patients with recurrent AA and 41% of patients with recurrent GBM survived longer than 36 months. Older age at the time of diagnosis was associated with poorer prognosis. Laser light doses above the sample median of 230 J/cm(2) were associated with better prognosis in the 136 patients studied (primary tumour patients - (HR=0.50[0.27,0.95],p=0.033); recurrent tumour patients (HR=0.75[0.42,1.31],p=0.312). There was no mortality directly associated with the therapy, three patients had increased cerebral oedema thought to be related to photodynamic therapy that was controlled with conventional therapies.
Und hier geht es um die Markierung der Tumorzellen bei / vor / während der Operation. Ich kann mir kein Urteil darüber erlauben, erinnere mich aber daran, daß mir ein Neurochirurg mal sagte, ein GBM zu operieren sei "einfacher" als ein Astrozytom. Die GBM-Zellen würden sich recht deutlich vom umgebenden Gewebe abheben. Mit diesem photodynamischen Ansatz geht es aber anscheinend noch besser:
Photochem Photobiol. 2001 Oct;74(4):611-6
mTHPC-mediated photodynamic diagnosis of malignant brain tumors.
Zimmermann A, Ritsch-Marte M, Kostron H.
Institute for Medical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Mullerstr. 44, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. andreas.zimmermann@uibk.ac.at
Radical tumor resection is the basis for the prolonged survival of patients suffering from malignant brain tumors such as glioblastoma multiforme. We have carried out a phase-II study involving 22 patients with malignant brain tumors to assess the feasibility and the effectiveness of the combination of intraoperative photodynamic diagnosis and fluorescence-guided resection (FGR) mediated by the second-generation photosensitizer meta-tetrahydroxyphenylchlorin (mTHPC). In addition, intraoperative photodynamic therapy (PDT) was performed. Several commercially available fluorescence diagnostic systems were investigated for their applicability in clinical practice. We have adapted and optimized a diagnostic system that includes a surgical microscope, an excitation light source (filtered to 370-440 nm), a video camera detection system and a spectrometer for clear identification of the mTHPC fluorescence emission at 652 nm. Especially in regions of faint fluorescence, it turned out to be essential to maximize the spectral information by optimizing and matching the spectral properties of all components, such as excitation source, camera and color filters. To sum up, on the basis of 138 tissue samples derived from 22 tumor specimens, we have been able to achieve a sensitivity of 87.9% and a specificity of 95.7%. This study demonstrates that mTHPC-mediated intraoperative FGR followed by PDT is a highly promising concept in improving the radicality of tumor resection combined with a therapeutic approach.