Etoposide and cisplatin/etoposide, methotrexate, and actinomycin D (EMA) chemotherapy for patients with high-risk gestational trophoblastic tumors refractory to EMA/cyclophosphamide and vincristine chemotherapy and patients presenting with metastatic placental site trophoblastic tumors

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 854-859

  Newlands, E S ^a   Mulholland, P J ^a   Holden, L ^a   Seckl, M J ^a   Rustin, G J S ^a  

^a Department of Medical OncologyCharing Cross Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINIC ACID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033982236     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2000.18.4.854     Document Type: Article

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