Influence of tumor site and histology on long-term survival in 193 children with extracranial germ cell tumors

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  De Backer, Antoine ^a   Madern, C C ^b   Pieters, R ^b   Haentjens, P ^a   Hakvoort Cammel, F C A J ^b   Oosterhuis, J W ^b   Hazebroek, F W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Germ cell tumor; Survival; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DYSGERMINOMA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD TUMOR; GONADOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NECK TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROBABILITY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SACROCOCCYX TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40649115684     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-989399     Document Type: Article

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