Tumour marker concentration at the start of chemotherapy is a stronger predictor of treatment failure than marker half-life: a study in patients with disseminated non-seminomatous testicular cancer.

We investigated the prognostic value of the serum half-life of human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) during induction chemotherapy and the relative prognostic importance of initial marker concentrations and marker half-life. Marker half-lives were calculated using two abnor...

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Autores principales: de Wit, R., Sylvester, R., Tsitsa, C., de Mulder, P. H., Sleyfer, D. T., ten Bokkel Huinink, W. W., Kaye, S. B., van Oosterom, A. T., Boven, E., Vermeylen, K., Stoter, G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group|1 1997
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2063372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9020492

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