Treatment of endodermal sinus tumor in children using a regimen that lacks bleomycin

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-73

  Frazier, A Lindsay ^a   Grier, Holcombe E ^a   Green, Daniel M ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; cisplatin; endodermal sinus tumor; germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; GONAD TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0029951986     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199608)27:2<69::AID-MPO1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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