Pattern of relapse and outcome of nonmetastatic germinoma patients treated with chemotherapy and limited field radiation: The SFOP experience

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1318-1325

  Alapetite, Claire ^a   Brisse, Herve ^a   Patte, Catherine ^b   Raquin, Marie Anne ^b   Gaboriaud, Genevieve ^a   Carrie, Christian ^c   Habrand, Jean Louis ^b   Thiesse, Philippe ^c   Cuilliere, Jean Claude ^d   Bernier, Valerie ^e   Ben Hassel, M ^f   Frappaz, Didier ^c   Baranzelli, Marie Christine ^g   Bouffet, Eric ^a,h  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d CENTRE RENÉ GAUDUCHEAU   (France)

^e CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^f CENTRE EUGÈNE MARQUIS   (France)

^g CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germinoma; High dose chemotherapy; Relapse; Ventricular radiation

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION FIELD; SCHOOL CHILD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBOPLATIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649636037     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noq093     Document Type: Article

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