CNS germinoma with elevated serum human chorionic gonadotropin level: Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 803-808

  Ogino, Hiroyuki ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^a   Takanaka, Tsuyoshi ^b   Suzuki, Kazunori ^c   Ishihara, Shun Ichi ^d   Yamada, Tetsuya ^e   Sugie, Chikao ^a   Nomoto, Yoshihito ^f   Mimura, Mikio ^g  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOYOHASHI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Handa City Hospital   (Japan)

^f MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Germinoma; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTEINS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

CNS GERMINOMA; HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (HCG); RELAPSE-FREE SURVIVAL RATES; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

NEUROLOGY;

CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20344374619     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.10.026     Document Type: Article

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