Treatment of epidural spinal cord involvement from germ cell tumors with chemotherapy.

Abstract

GCTs rarely involve the epidural compartment.

Patients with ESCC who are likely to have chemosensitive disease can receive CT alone as definitive treatment.

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Authors

Publication date

2011-04-21

Journal

Cancer
Cancer (0008-543X)

Journal topics

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Cancer

Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 100685, USA.

Release reference

Cancer. 2011 May;117(9):1911-6

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