Teratoma with somatic-type malignant components in germ cell tumors of the testis: A clinicopathologic analysis of 40 cases with outcome correlation

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-327

  Colecchia, Maurizio ^a   Necchi, Andrea ^a   Paolini, Biagio ^a   Nicolai, Nicola ^a   Salvioni, Roberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

embryonal carcinoma; germ cell tumor; neuroectodermal tumors; sarcoma; somatic type malignancy; teratoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FOLLOW UP; GEMISTIOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; ORCHIECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PLEURA METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRACLAVICULAR LYMPH NODE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ORCHIECTOMY; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959230193     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896910390680     Document Type: Article

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