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What treatment regimen would you recommend for young adults with platinum refractory relapsed germ cell tumors?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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We assess the patient risk by IPFSG score, and if it is high score or has extragonadal primary site then we consider tandem high dose chemotherapy and autologous transplantation https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acg2.47

The data sometimes is unclear on the role of HDCT .

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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At USC, we use a Gemcitabine-based regimen (Gemcitabine/Oxaliplatin/Paclitaxel) similar to what has been described by Bokemeyer et al., PMID 18006893. We designed a dose-dense form of GOT, cycled every 14 days, with paclitaxel 170 mg/m2 on day 1 (as compared to 80 mg/m2). We escalate the oxaliplatin...

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