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Adjuvant Chemotherapy of Testicular Carcinoma: Need for Evaluation of Curative Strategies

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Adjuvant Therapies and Markers of Post-Surgical Minimal Residual Disease II

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 68))

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Abstract

Newer regimens including cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (DDP) have shown a striking therapeutic efficacy against advanced testicular cancer [22]. The impact of such chemotherapy on our overall approach to this disease will be described. Preceding the description of current trials, a review of staging concepts and the prognostic implications of histology and stage is essential to understanding the concepts underlying current strategies.

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  1. Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    Gianni Bonadonna

  2. Institut de Cancérologie et d’Immunogénétique, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, 14-16, Avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, F-94800, Villejuif, France

    Georges Mathé

  3. University of Arizona Cancer Center, 1501 North Campbell Ave., Tucson, Arizona, 85724, USA

    Sydney E. Salmon

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Muggia, F.M., Jacobs, E.M. (1979). Adjuvant Chemotherapy of Testicular Carcinoma: Need for Evaluation of Curative Strategies. In: Bonadonna, G., Mathé, G., Salmon, S.E. (eds) Adjuvant Therapies and Markers of Post-Surgical Minimal Residual Disease II. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 68. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81332-0_29

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