Impacts of elevated level of hCG in serum on clinical course and radiotherapy results in the histology-confirmed intracranial germinomas

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 98-101

  Shin, K H ^a,b   Kim, I H ^a   Choe, G ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOASSAYS;

BIOASSAY; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035085558     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418601750071145     Document Type: Article

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