The growing teratoma syndrome: Results of therapy and long-term follow-up of 33 patients

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1389-1394

  Andre F ^a   Fizazi, K ^a   Culine, S ^b   Droz, J P ^c   Taupin, P ^a   Lhomme C ^a   Terrier Lacombe, M J ^a   Theodore C ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germ cell tumour; Growing teratoma syndrome; Ovarian cancer; Prognosis; Seminoma; Surgery; Teratoma; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TERATOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033921003     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00137-4     Document Type: Article

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