Is it time to discontinue using high-dose chemotherapy for salvage of patients with advanced germ-cell tumors failing first-line platinum chemotherapy?

Ann Oncol. 2006 Feb;17(2):349-50. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdj036. Epub 2005 Sep 15.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carboplatin / administration & dosage
  • Carboplatin / therapeutic use*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Cisplatin / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / drug therapy*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Salvage Therapy
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Carboplatin
  • Cisplatin