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Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Intratumoral Injection of Cisplatin for the Treatment of Isolated Mediastinal Recurrence of Lung Cancer
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Cis-platinum therapy in a patient with extragonadal seminoma and hydronephrosis of the only functioning kidney. A
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A 41-year-old man presented with a massive abdominal extragonadal seminoma. His only functioning kidney was hydronephrotic and the serum creatinine clearance was 55 ml/min. He was given combination chemotherapy including cis-platinum. At 46 months' follow-up he has improved renal function and no evidence of active disease.
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