Initial management of primary mediastinal seminoma: Radiotherapy or cisplatin-based chemotherapy?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-352

  Fizazi, K ^a   Culine, S ^a   Droz, J P ^a   Terrier Lacombe, M J ^a   Theodore C ^a   Wibault, P ^a   Rixe, O ^a   Ruffie P ^a   Le Chevalier, T ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germ cell tumour; Mediastinum; Radiotherapy; Seminoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINBLASTINE; VINDESINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SEMINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032005513     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)10021-1     Document Type: Article

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