Mediastinal germ cell tumors in childhood

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 633-642

  Yalçin, Bilgehan ^a   Demir, Haci Ahmet ^a   Tanyel, Feridun Cahit ^a   Akçören, Zühal ^a   Varan, Ali ^a   Akyüz, Canan ^a   Kutluk, Tezer ^a   Büyükpamukçu, Münevver ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Germ cell tumor; Malignant; Mediastinum; Nonseminomatous; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; MEDIASTINAL GERM CELL TUMOR; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERATOCARCINOMA; TERATOMA; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866934164     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880018.2012.713084     Document Type: Article

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