Disseminated choriocarcinoma in infancy is curable by chemotherapy and delayed tumour resection

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 72-78

  Blohm, M E G ^a   Calaminus, G ^a   Gnekow, A K ^b   Heidemann, P H ^b   Bolkenius, M ^c   Weinel, P ^d   Von Schweinitz, D ^d   Ambros, P F ^e   Schneider, D T ^a   Harms, D ^f   Gobel U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b KZVA Kinderklinik Augsburg   (Germany)

^c Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Choriocarcinoma; Germ cell tumour; Infant; Neonatal; Prognosis; Tumour genetics; Tumour marker

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANCY; INFANT; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL; X CHROMOSOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CISPLATIN; DISEASES IN TWINS; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROGNOSIS; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035144501     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00365-8     Document Type: Article

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