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Most groups now obtain high cure rates in paediatric extracranial MGCTs, mostly using cisplatin-based chemotherapy [1–4]. In Britain, a carboplatin-based regimen (carboplatin, etoposide and bleomycin — JEB) is preferred because it is less oto- and nephrotoxic [5]. An analysis of the UKCCSG’s second study (GCII) aimed to define risk groups in order to refine therapy.
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Mann, J.R. et al. (2002). Risk Factors in Malignant Extracranial Germ Cell Tumours (MGCTs) of Childhood: Analysis of UKCCSG’s GCII Study. In: Harnden, P., Joffe, J.K., Jones, W.G. (eds) Germ Cell Tumours V. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3281-3_25
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