Palliative treatment of germ cell cancer.

Oing, Christoph; Giannatempo, Patrizia; Honecker, Friedemann; Oechsle, Karin; Bokemeyer, Carsten; Beyer, Jörg

Oing, Christoph; Giannatempo, Patrizia; Honecker, Friedemann; Oechsle, Karin; Bokemeyer, Carsten; Beyer, Jörg.

Afiliação

Oing C; Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Department of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Giannatempo P; Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Honecker F; ZeTuP Breast and Tumor Center, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Oechsle K; Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Department of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Bokemeyer C; Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Department of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Beyer J; Department of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3031 Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: joerg.beyer@insel.ch.

Cancer Treat Rev ; 71: 102-107, 2018 Dec.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30415106

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Most patients with metastatic germ-cell cancer (GCC) can be cured by cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy. Yet, about 10-15% of metastatic GCC patients will eventually die of their disease. This narrative review focuses on treatment options when cure is no longer realistic.

Assuntos

Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico; Neoplasias Embrionárias de Células Germinativas/terapia; Cuidados Paliativos/métodos; Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico; Neoplasias Ósseas/secundário; Neoplasias Ósseas/terapia; Neoplasias Encefálicas/secundário; Neoplasias Encefálicas/terapia; Humanos; Imunoterapia/métodos; Terapia de Alvo Molecular/métodos; Neoplasias Embrionárias de Células Germinativas/patologia; Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/etiologia; Sistemas de Apoio Psicossocial

Palavras-chave

Drug therapy; Germ cell cancer; Germ cell tumor; Palliative treatment; Platinum-refractory

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cuidados Paliativos / Neoplasias Embrionárias de Células Germinativas / Antineoplásicos Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Cancer Treat Rev Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article

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