George J. Bosl, MD, and Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, on Germ Cell Tumors and Treatment Intensification: Pros and Cons
2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
George J. Bosl, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, of Gustave Roussy and the University of Paris Sud, offer the “pro” and “con” viewpoints for treatment intensification in patients with poor-prognosis germ cell tumors with unfavorable marker decline.
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