Secreting Germ Cell Tumors of the Central Nervous System: A Long-Term Follow-up Experience

Secreting Germ Cell Tumors of the Central Nervous System: A Long-Term Follow-up Experience

Introduction: Due to the rarity of nongerminomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCT) with non-standard treatment as yet, we report retrospectively our 30 year experience with chemotherapy followed by craniospinal irradiation (CSI), plus a boost of whole ventricular irradiation (WVI)/tumor bed (TB), tailored...

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Main Authors: Veronica Biassoni, Elisabetta Schiavello, Lorenza Gandola, Emilia Pecori, Geraldina Poggi, Filippo Spreafico, Monica Terenziani, Cristina Meazza, Marta Podda, Andrea Ferrari, Roberto Luksch, Michela Casanova, Nadia Puma, Stefano Chiaravalli, Luca Bergamaschi, Graziella Cefalo, Fabio Simonetti, Giovanna Gattuso, Ettore Cesare Seregni, Federica Pallotti, Francesca Gianno, Barbara Diletto, Francesco Barretta, Maura Massimino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
CNS germ cell tumors
NGGCT
chemotherapy
radiotherapy
craniospinal irradiation
late effects
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/9/2688

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