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Mediastinal germinoma.A study of 21 cases with an excellent prognosis
Author(s) -
Schantz Arthur,
Sewall Warren,
Castleman Benjamin
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197211)30:5<1189::aid-cncr2820300508>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - medicine , germinoma , radiation therapy , disease , surgery , radiology , mediastinal mass
Twenty unpublished cases and one previously published case of mediastinal germinoma are analyzed. All the patients were males with a mean age of 29.8 years. None had testicular disease at any time. The pathologic criteria for the diagnosis are discussed and illustrated. The patients were treated with surgery or radiation therapy or a combination of both. Irrespective of the therapy, all the patients with follow‐up information (81%) are alive and free of disease after a mean follow‐up time of 6 years. Therapeutic and diagnostic recommendations are made.