Improved systemic chemotherapy for metastatic testicular choriocarcinoma can result in excellent prognosis for life and Vision

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1008-1009

  Khurana, Rahul N ^a   DiBernardo, Cathy ^a   Handa, James T ^a  

^a Cancer Research Bldg 2 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN SULFATE; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 47549096976     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.7.1008     Document Type: Letter

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