## Abstract Two children with primary intracranial mixed germ cell tumors are described who were successfully treated by partial resection of the tumor followed by sequential combination chemotherapy without radiation therapy. The chemotherapy consisting of VPβ16 and cisplatin alternating with vinc
Chemotherapy in pediatric intracranial germ cell tumor
β Scribed by Lee, ACW; Low, L; Fung, CF; Chan, CF; Shum, JST; Lau, YL
- Book ID
- 123254908
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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