Long-term survival in malignant intracranial germ-cell tumors: a report of two cases and a review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 431-436

  Sakai, Noboru ^a   Yamada, Hiromu ^a   Andoh, Takashi ^a   Nishimura, Yasuaki ^a   Niikawa, Shuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Embryonal carcinoma; Germ cell tumor; Long term survival; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TERATOMA; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA;

EID: 0027754013     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00306201     Document Type: Article

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