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
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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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