1. Afp and Hcg in Germ Cell Tumors
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R. Sabbioni, Marta Zaninelli, Lenotti M, Gianluigi Cetto, T. Franceschi, Maria Antonietta Bassetto, Pancheri F, and G. Parise
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0301 basic medicine ,Cancer Research ,Prognostic variable ,medicine.drug_class ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Testicle ,Decay curve ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,03 medical and health sciences ,Basal (phylogenetics) ,0302 clinical medicine ,Text mining ,Medicine ,Chemotherapy ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Immunology ,Cancer research ,Germ cell tumors ,Gonadotropin ,business - Abstract
The high specificity and sensitivity of testicular tumor markers make them particularly useful in the management of these neoplasms. Basal value represents an independent prognostic variable, influencing the choice of therapy. An increase in marker level before chemotherapy could also acquire a powerful prognostic significance. The decay curve pattern is indicative of the radicality of surgery. Also during chemotherapy the behavior of markers conditions further therapeutic strategies.
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- 1994
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