Germ cell tumors with sarcomatous components: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 46 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1356-1362

  Malagón, Hugo Domínguez ^a   Valdez, Ana María Cano ^a   Moran, Cesar A ^b   Suster, Saul ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cisplatinum chemotherapy; Germ cell tumors; Gonads; Mediastinum; Retroperitoneum; Sarcomatous components

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548238872     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318033c7c4     Document Type: Article

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