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Table 2 Clinical outcome for bona fide GCT and GTN patients who received Em-EP. Median follow-up time, 9 months

From: Emergency Etoposide-Cisplatin (Em-EP) for patients with germ cell tumours (GCT) and trophoblastic neoplasia (TN)

Clinical outcome

GCT patients, n = 50 (%)

GTN patients, n = 45 (%)

Alive at 4 weeks

49 (98%)

44 (98%)

Alive at 6 months

46 (92%)

44 (98%)

Resistant disease (first relapse)

19 (38%)

8 (18%)

Alive at follow-up

36 (72%)

44 (98%)

Deaths at follow-up

14 (28%)

1 (2%)

Causes of death

• Disease progression (n = 8, 57%)

• Sepsis (n = 2, 14%)

• Unknown (n = 4, 29%)

• Disease progression (n = 1, 100%)