Serum Tumor Marker Half-Life during Chemotherapy Allows Early Prediction of Complete Response and Survival in Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors

作者: Nancy L. Geller , Jerome Nisselbaum , Guy C. Toner , George J. Bosl , Claire Tan

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关键词: SurgeryProportional hazards modelSurvival rateTumor markerHalf-lifeGastroenterologyInternal medicineTesticleGerm cell tumorsMedicineHuman chorionic gonadotropinChemotherapy

摘要: … , those who later achieved a complete response (CR) had a median … Lack of appropriate decay of serum tumor markers can … for germ cell tumor patients: prior complete response as an …

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