Primary chemotherapy for intracranial nongerminomatous germ cell tumors: Results of the second international CNS germ cell study group protocol

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 846-853

  Kellie, Stewart J ^a   Boyce, Hayden ^a   Dunkel, Ira J ^a   Diez, Blanca ^a   Rosenblum, Marc ^a   Brualdi, Lynette ^a   Finlay, Jonathan L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISPLATIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542503729     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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