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High-Dose Chemotherapy With Stem Cell Rescue With or Without Additional Radiation Therapy
Source: Childhood Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: October 8, 2024 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Context: Treatment of Recurrent Childhood CNS Germ Cell Tumors
For patients with pure germinomas who previously received radiation therapy, myeloablative chemotherapy with stem cell rescue has been used. High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue may also have curative potential for some patients with relapsed systemic NGGCTs.[7,9-13]
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