High-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell support for recurrent primary AFP-producing intracranial germinoma

We report of a 34-year old man with second intracranial relapse of a suprasellar germinoma. Despite of extensive pretreatment with radiation and conventional chemotherapy relapse occurred and was treated with sequential high-dose chemotherapy followed by transfusion of autologous peripheral stem cel...

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Main Authors: Ziske, Carsten, Mezger, Jörg, Jiménez, Carlos, Kleinschmidt, Rolf, Pels, Hendrik, Schlegel, Uwe, Schmidt-Wolf, Ingo G.H.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2003-07-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/en/gms/2003-1/000003.shtml