Table 3. Published studies on primary chemotherapy in patients with NSGCT.
Author (year) | Number of patients with non-seminoma | Residual disease | Teratoma | Necrosis/scar |
---|---|---|---|---|
Calvo et al (1983) [5] | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Chong et al (1986) [8] | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Leibovitch et al (1996) [11] | 160 | 40 | 50 | 70 |
Geldart et al (2002) [13] | 42 | 3 | 18 | 21 |
Ramani et al (2008) [16] | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Miller et al (2012) [17]a | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 |
Total | 274 | 63 (22.9%) | 92 (33.5%) | 119 (43.4%) |
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