Pediatric germ cell tumors from 1987 to 2011: Incidence rates, time trends, and survival

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e136-e143

  Kaatsch, Peter ^a   Häfner, Carla ^b   Calaminus, Gabriele ^c   Blettner, Maria ^a   Tulla, Mira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHORIOCARCINOMA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS TUMOR; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TREND STUDY; YOLK SAC TUMOR; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84920403422     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1989     Document Type: Review

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