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PRIMARY MALIGNANT NON‐SEMINOMATOUS GERM CELL TUMOUR OF THE MEDIASTINUM TREATED BY SURGERY AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Author(s) -
Whelan A. J.,
Hughes C. F.,
Flynn P. W. P.,
Page J. P.,
Rutland J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb01047.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinum , chemotherapy , germ cell , surgery , germ cell tumors , primary treatment , anterior mediastinum , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Primary malignant gem cell tumours of the mediastinum are rare and are associated with poor survival when treated with surgery alone or with surgery when chemotherapy has failed. Recent improvements in combination chemotherapy have given some prospect of cure. A patient treated with primary surgical excision and postoperative chemotherapy, who remains free of disease 24 months after completion of treatment is reported here.