Lack of efficacy of imatinib in a patient with metastatic Leydig cell tumor

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 716-718

  Froehner, Michael ^a   Beuthien Baumann, Bettina ^a   Dittert, Dag Daniel ^a   Schuler, Ulrich ^a   Wirth, Manfred P ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imatinib; Leydig cell tumor; Metastases; Positron emission tomography; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMATINIB;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MONOTHERAPY; ORCHIECTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PYRIMIDINES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33746757599     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-005-0181-6     Document Type: Article

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