High-dose epirubicin in chemotherapy refractory non-seminomatous germ cell cancer: A phase II study

Abstract
Eighteen patients with progressive disseminated, platinum-resistant germ cell tumors were treated with epi-rubicin 135 mg/m2, every 3 weeks. One patient had stable disease, 17 developed progression. Myelosuppression was dose-limiting. One patient died of neutropenic septicemia. High-dose epirubicin is not active against platinum-resistant germ cell cancer.