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Treatment of patients with cisplatin-refractory testicular germ-cell cancer

✍ Scribed by Carsten Bokemeyer; Christian Kollmannsberger; Andreas Harstrick; Jörg Beyer; Arthur Gerl; Jochen Casper; Bernd Metzner; Jörg T. Hartmann; C. Clemm; Hans-Joachim Schmoll; Lothar Kanz

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
French
Weight
78 KB
Volume
83
Category
Article
ISSN
0020-7136

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✦ Synopsis

With the use of cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy, metastatic testicular germ-cell tumors can be cured in 70% to 80% of patients. The combination of cisplatin, etoposide and bleomycine (PEB) is considered standard therapy.

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