Ovarian germ cell tumors in children: A clinical study of 66 patients

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-464

  De Backer, Antoine ^b   Madern, Gerard C ^a   Oosterhuis, J Wolter ^a   Hakvoort Cammel, Friederike G A J ^a   Hazebroek, Frans W J ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor, ovary; Teratoma, ovary; Yolk sac tumor, dysgerminoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADOLESCENT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG FATALITY; DYSGERMINOMA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIXED TUMOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY CANCER; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SYMPTOM; TORSION; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644668607     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20633     Document Type: Review

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