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SUBMITTER: Biassoni V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7565315 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biassoni Veronica V Schiavello Elisabetta E Gandola Lorenza L Pecori Emilia E Poggi Geraldina G Spreafico Filippo F Terenziani Monica M Meazza Cristina C Podda Marta M Ferrari Andrea A Luksch Roberto R Casanova Michela M Puma Nadia N Chiaravalli Stefano S Bergamaschi Luca L Cefalo Graziella G Simonetti Fabio F Gattuso Giovanna G Seregni Ettore Cesare EC Pallotti Federica F Gianno Francesca F Diletto Barbara B Barretta Francesco F Massimino Maura M
Cancers 20200921 9
<h4>Introduction</h4>Due to the rarity of nongerminomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCT) with non-standard treatment as yet, we report retrospectively our 30 year experience with chemotherapy followed by craniospinal irradiation (CSI), plus a boost of whole ventricular irradiation (WVI)/tumor bed (TB), tailored to pre-radiation chemotherapy response.<h4>Methods</h4>Between 1988 and 2016, 28 patients received four cycles of PEB (cisplatin/etoposide/bleomycin), then CSI, and two further PEB cycles. Bet ...[more]