title: Why doesn't high-dose chemotherapy improve survival, as was expected, in advanced or relapsed germ cell tumours?
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pizzocaro
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guarneri
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D011379:Prognosis; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*