PMID: 7518019Jul 1, 1994Paper

Malignant germ cell tumors in childhood

Journal of Surgical Oncology
R NairS H Advani

Abstract

The outlook for patients with germ cell tumors was poor before the advent of effective chemotherapy. In this study the outcome of multiagent chemotherapy in children treated for germ cell tumor is assessed. Between January 1984 and December 1990, 107 patients were diagnosed to have germ cell tumors. Postsurgical therapy was based on tumor site, stage, and histology. Combination chemotherapy was employed in patients with Stages I and II disease with postoperative raised tumor markers and all patients with Stages III and IV. Between 1984-1988, patients received cisplatin, vinblastin, bleomycin, and methotrexate (PVB-M), and thereafter between 1988-1990, they received bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP). Of 34 patients treated with PVB-M and 27 treated with BEP, the complete remission rate was 40% and 85%, respectively, and the overall survival was 30% at 5 years for PVB-M and 80% at 3 years for BEP. We conclude that etoposide with cisplatin is superior to vinblastin with cisplatin in the treatment of advanced germ cell tumors because of greater efficacy, decreased toxicity, and better compliance in children.

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