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Chemotherapy of Seminoma

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Tumors of the Male Genital System

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 60))

Abstract

Germinal tumors of the adult testes have proved remarkably responsive to a wide range of chemotherapeutic agents (1, 4, 8). Although the control of patients with seminoma treated by orchiectomy and irradiation is good, treatment failures do occur after such therapy. MACKENZIE (5) reported Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) experience with the chemotherapy of seminoma and this is a further review of that subject.

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  1. Pathologisches Institut, Westring 17, D-4400, Münster, Deutschland

    Ekkehard Grundmann

  2. Urologische Univ.-Klinik, D-5300, Bonn-Venusberg, Deutschland

    Winfried Vahlensieck

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Whitmore, W.F., Smith, A., Yagoda, A., Cvitkovic, S., Golbey, R. (1977). Chemotherapy of Seminoma. In: Grundmann, E., Vahlensieck, W. (eds) Tumors of the Male Genital System. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81095-4_27

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