RT Book, Section
A1 Shaikh, Furqan
A1 Halliday, Gail
A1 Frazier, A. Lindsay
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182911594
T1 Germ Cell Tumors
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182911594
RD 2024/04/24
AB Germ  cell  tumors  (GCTs),  a  heterogeneous  group  of  tumors  that  originate  from  the  primordial  germ  cell  (PGC),  can  present  across  a  wide  range  of  ages,  sites,  histologies,  and  clinical  behaviors.  GCTs  can  be  malignant  (eg,  yolk  sac  tumors  [YSTs],  embryonal  carcinomas,  choriocarcinomas,  and  seminomas/germinomas)  or  benign  (eg,  teratomas  and  gonadoblastomas).  Most  children  with  malignant  GCTs  have  a  favorable  prognosis  following  treatment  with  surgery  and  platinum-based  chemotherapy;  however,  significant  late  effects  of  treatment  may  result.