Myelodysplastic syndrome (RARS) with +i(12p) abnormality in a patient 10 months after diagnosis and successful treatment of a mediastinal germ cell tumor (MGCT)

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 386-389

  Christodoulou, J ^a   Schoch, C ^a   Schnittger, S ^a   Haferlach, T ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hematological transformation; Isochromosome 12p; Mediastinal germ cell tumor; Therapy related leukemia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; ISOCHROMOSOME; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH RINGED SIDEROBLASTS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PACLITAXEL;

EID: 2542503498     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0787-x     Document Type: Article

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