Cancer. Patients who present with widely metastatic germ cell tumors (GCTs) are characteristically treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Depending on the patient population selected, approximately 70% of these patients will obtain a complete clinical response, with normalization of serum tumor
The role of second-look surgery in the management of advanced germ cell malignancies
β Scribed by Neyssa M. Marina; Erlinda Etcubanas; Elizabeth I. Thompson; Bhaskar Rao; Jesse J. Jenkins; Larry Kun
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 567 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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