High-dose salvage chemotherapy. Germ-cell tumor treatment results in Germany

Authors
Rick, O Siegert, W Beyer, J
Citation
O. Rick et al., High-dose salvage chemotherapy. Germ-cell tumor treatment results in Germany, INT J CANC, 83(6), 1999, pp. 839-840
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Onconogenesis & Cancer Research
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
ISSN journal
00207136 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
839 - 840
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7136(199912)83:6<839:HSCGTT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
During the past 10 years, high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) has emerged as a fe asible and curative treatment option for patients with multiply relapsed an d/or refractory germ-cell tumors. increasing experience and the results fro m clincial trials have helped to optimize the application of HDCT and to de fine its role in the salvage concepts for germ-cell tumors. (C) 1999 Wiley- Liss, Inc.