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ESSESSMENT EFFICIENCY OF SECOND LINE CHEMOTHERAPY BASED ON IFOSFAMID WHILE TREATING NON ? SEMINOMATOUS GERM CELL OF THE TESTIS (NSGCT) PATIENTS
Article published in Urologia Polska 1995/48/1.

authors

Piotr Koralewski, Marek Pawlicki, Tomasz Zemełka, Jadwiga Pernal
Z Kliniki Chemioterapii Centrum Onkologii Instytutu im. M. Curie-Skłodowskiej, Oddział w Krakowie
Kierownik Kliniki: Prof. dr hab. med. M. Pawlicki
Dyrektor Centrum Onkologii: Prof. dr hab. med. J. Skołyszewski

summary

Treatment results of patients with NSGCT resistant to chemotherapy of the first line and
those with recurrancy after complete remission have been presented. 24 patients have been
treated with multi-drug therapy based on ifosfamid. 33% of the patients responded positevely to
the treatment. Complete remission have been observed in patients with large tumour mass.
Drugs were characteristic of limited toxicity.

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