Gemcitabine plus vinorelbine as an effective salvage chemotherapeutic regimen in cisplatin-refractory germ cell tumor

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 546-548

  Chen, Jia Hong ^a   Chang, Ping Ying ^a   Yao, Nai Shun ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cisplatin refractory; Gemcitabine and vinorelbine; Germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; VINBLASTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REMISSION; SALVAGE THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BONE TUMOR; DRUG RESISTANCE; FATALITY; NEOPLASM;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CISPLATIN; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; VINBLASTINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649116845     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181a0ae6a     Document Type: Article

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