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Embryonal Carcinoma Summary

916 relevant articles (20 outcomes, 68 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: A highly malignant, primitive form of carcinoma, probably of germinal cell or teratomatous derivation, usually arising in a gonad and rarely in other sites. It is rare in the female ovary, but in the male it accounts for 20% of all testicular tumors. (From Dorland, 27th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1595)

Also Known As: Carcinoma, Embryonal; Carcinomas, Embryonal; Embryonal Carcinomas

Key Drugs and Agents for Embryonal Carcinoma

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. alpha-Fetoproteins (AFP) : 2 outcomes 3 studies in 81 results : IBA
  2. Keratins (Keratin) : 2 outcomes 3 studies in 16 results : IBA
  3. Cisplatin (Platino) : 2 outcomes 2 studies in 27 results : FDA 6 Generic
  4. Tretinoin (Retinoic Acid) : 1 outcome 9 studies in 173 results : FDA 25 Generic
  5. Antibodies : 1 outcome 2 studies in 15 results : IBA
  6. Transcription Factors (Transcription Factor) : 1 outcome 1 study in 10 results : IBA
  7. Vinculin : 1 outcome 1 study in 4 results : IBA
  8. Mitomycin (Mitomycin-C) : 1 outcome 1 study in 2 results : FDA 7 Generic
  9. Chorionic Gonadotropin (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) : 1 outcome in 13 results : FDA 12 Generic
  10. Etoposide (VP 16) : 1 outcome in 8 results : FDA 16 Generic
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Diseases Related to Embryonal Carcinoma

  1. Choriocarcinoma
  2. Neoplasms (Cancer)
  3. Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms (Germ Cell Tumor)
  4. Endodermal Sinus Tumor (Endodermal Sinus Tumors)
  5. Seminoma
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Key Therapies for Embryonal Carcinoma

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  1. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) : 6 outcomes 1 study in 53 results
  2. Combination Drug Therapy (Combination Chemotherapy) : 2 outcomes in 8 results
  3. Orchiectomy (Orchidectomy) : 1 outcome 1 study in 43 results
  4. Adjuvant Chemotherapy : 1 outcome 1 study in 12 results
  5. Heterologous Transplantation (Xenotransplantation) : 1 study in 10 results
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