title: [Mediastinal carcinomas in young men without primary tumors. A chemosensitive entity?].
abstract: Three patients out of 99 benefited with a complete remission following chemotherapy with Cisplatinum and Vindesine. The initial characteristics of these patients were studied, they recall a characteristic type of tumour already described and for which a hypothesis of a germ origin has been raised. In spite of their rarity the existence of complete remissions should encourage the use of chemotherapy in such patients who have a "broncho-pulmonary" cancer with a tropism for the mediastinum and without a specified primary tumour.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Hôpital Laënnec, Paris.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delaisements
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Andrieu
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D014751:Vindesine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D002945:Cisplatin; D014751:Vindesine
vernacular_title: Carcinomes médiastinaux chez l'homme jeune sans tumeur primitive. Une entité chimiosensible?