Malignant germ cell tumors of the ovary: A review of 41 cases and risk factors for recurrence

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 635-637

  Topuz, Samet ^a,c   Cem Iyibozkurt, A ^a   Engin Akhan, S ^a   Keskin, N ^b   Yavuz, E ^a   Salihoglu, Y ^a   Bengisu, E ^a   Berkman, S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Erzürum Sitesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Malignant germ cell; Ovary; Recurrence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSGERMINOMA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; OVARY TERATOMA; OVARY TUMOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749125272     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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