In patients with primary germ cell tumors, treatment with combination chemotherapy followed by surgical debulking of residual tissue usually produces favorable results. The best treatment for patients with extragonadal germ cell tumors ( E m ) remains a problem. In our series of 12 patients, importa
Extragonadal germ-cell tumors: treatment experience in nine patients
โ Scribed by Shuichi Komatsubara; Manabu Watanabe; Yasuo Kitamura; Yasunosuke Sakata; Teruaki Koike; Tsuneyo Takizawa; Akira Yokoyama; Yuzo Kurita
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 551 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1341-9625
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