Primary germ cell tumors of the mediastinum: II. Mediastinal seminomas - A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 120 cases

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 691-698

  Moran, Cesar A ^a   Suster, Saul ^b   Przygodzki, Ronald M ^a   Koss, Michael N ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Mediastinum; Seminoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; KERATIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEMINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SEMINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030756131     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970815)80:4<691::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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