Combined treatment modality for intracranial germinomas: Results of a multicentre SFOP experience

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1199-1204

  Bouffet, E ^a   Baranzelli, M C ^a,g   Patte, C ^b   Portas, M ^c   Edan, C ^d   Chastagner, P ^e   Mechinaud Lacroix, F ^f   Kalifa, C ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL D ENFANTS   (France)

^f NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifocal tumour; Chemotherapy; Germinoma; Local irradiation; Tumour markers

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIARRHEA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RELAPSE; SEPTICEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033052499     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690192     Document Type: Article

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