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Case Report| Volume 14, ISSUE 4, e441-e443, August 2016

High-Dose Chemotherapy in a Late Relapse, Platinum-Refractory Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor

Published:March 12, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clgc.2016.03.008
      Nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT) are curable, even with unresectable metastatic disease.

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