Platinum-based chemotherapy of primary extragonadal germ cell tumours: The Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group experience

Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Pectasides, D ^a,d   Aravantinos, G ^b   Visvikis, A ^a   Bakoyiannis, Ch ^a   Halikia, A ^a   Kalofonos, Ch ^c   Kosmidis, P ^a   Skarlos, D ^b   Fountzilas, G ^e  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Ag Anargyri Cancer Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group   (Greece)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Extragonadal germ cell tumours; Platinum based chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; MEDIASTINUM; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROPERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINOMA; TESTIS BIOPSY; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; GERMINOMA; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033038242     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000011993     Document Type: Article

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