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Christoph Oing1, Christoph Seidel1, Carsten Bokemeyer1

  • 1a Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology , University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf , Hamburg , Germany.

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy
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PubMed
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Keywords:
Germ cell cancercisplatin resistancegerm cell tumorpalliative treatmentplatinum refractorysalvage chemotherapytargeted therapy

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