Successful chemotherapy of recurrent intracranial germinoma with spinal metastases. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A recurrent CNS germinoma with subependymal and spinal metastases was treated by combination of cis-platinum, bleomycin, and vinblastine, resulting in disappearance of intracranial and spinal tumor. Second intracranial relapse responded again to the same combination chemotherapy. Response of spinal metastases to this combination chemotherapy has not been reported previously.

publication date

  • May 1, 1983

Research

keywords

  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Dysgerminoma
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Spinal Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0020622270

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1212/wnl.33.5.631

PubMed ID

  • 6188992

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 33

issue

  • 5