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Aktuelle Urol 2008; 39(6): 429-434
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038284
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Testikuläre Keimzelltumoren – Erklärungsmodelle für die hohe Ansprechrate auf Cisplatin-basierte Chemotherapien und neue Therapieoptionen

Testicular Cancer – Explanatory Models for high Cisplatin Chemosensibility and new Therapeutic OptionsJ.  Ebbing1 , F.  Christoph1 , C.  Kempkensteffen1 , S.  Weikert1 , M.  Schostak1 , S.  Hinz1 , M.  Lein1 , K.  Miller1 , M.  Schrader1
  • 1Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin
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31 October 2008 (online)

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Zusammenfassung

Dieser Artikel bietet eine Übersicht über die aktuelle Datenlage bei Chemotherapien von Keimzelltumoren. Neben einer kurzen Vorstellung der leitliniengerechten Standardchemotherapie von Keimzelltumoren haben sich die Autoren mit der Frage beschäftigt, warum Keimzelltumoren eine überaus hohe Chemosensibilität im Vergleich zu anderen Tumorentitäten aufweisen. Des Weiteren wird die aktuelle Datenlage zu alternativen Chemotherapien sowie zu molekularen, molekulargenetischen und pharmakogenetischen Therapiekonzepten beleuchtet. Datengrundlage war eine Recherche in MEDLINE der Pubmed-Datenbank.

Abstract

This article offers a review about the current facts of chemotherapy in testicular cancer. Besides a short presentation of the guideline-standard therapy the authors deal with the question as to why testicular cancer shows an extraordinarily high chemosensibility compared to other tumours. Furthermore, the current data on alternative chemotherapies as well as of molecular, molecular-genetic and pharmacogenetic therapeutic concepts are explored. Data were obtained from researches in Medline of the Pubmed database.

Schlüsselwörter

Bleomycin-Hydrolase-Polymorphismus - Chemosensibilität - Cisplatin-Resistenz - Excision Repair Cross Complementing 1 (ERCC1)-Faktor - GOP - Keimzelltumoren - molekulare Therapieoptionen - Nukleotid-Exzisions-Reparatur (NER) - Polychemotherapie

Key words

bleomycin hydrolase polymorphism - chemosensibility - cisplatin resistance - excision repair cross complementing 1 (ERCC1) factor - GOP - molecular therapeutic options - nucleotide excision repair (NER) - polychemotherapy - testicular cancer

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