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Childhood Ovarian Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor

MedGen UID:
899770
•Concept ID:
C4086168
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Childhood Ovarian Non-Germinomatous Germ Cell Tumor

Definition

A nongerminomatous germ cell tumor that arises in the ovary and occurs in children. [from NCI]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Epidemiologic analysis of 1,442 children and adolescents registered in the German germ cell tumor protocols.
Schneider DT, Calaminus G, Koch S, Teske C, Schmidt P, Haas RJ, Harms D, Göbel U
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004 Feb;42(2):169-75. doi: 10.1002/pbc.10321. PMID: 14752882
Nongerminomatous malignant germ cell tumors in children. A review of 89 cases from the Pediatric Oncology Group, 1971-1984.
Hawkins EP, Finegold MJ, Hawkins HK, Krischer JP, Starling KA, Weinberg A
Cancer 1986 Dec 15;58(12):2579-84. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19861215)58:12<2579::aid-cncr2820581204>3.0.co;2-v. PMID: 3022907

Diagnosis

Epidemiologic analysis of 1,442 children and adolescents registered in the German germ cell tumor protocols.
Schneider DT, Calaminus G, Koch S, Teske C, Schmidt P, Haas RJ, Harms D, Göbel U
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004 Feb;42(2):169-75. doi: 10.1002/pbc.10321. PMID: 14752882

Prognosis

Nongerminomatous malignant germ cell tumors in children. A review of 89 cases from the Pediatric Oncology Group, 1971-1984.
Hawkins EP, Finegold MJ, Hawkins HK, Krischer JP, Starling KA, Weinberg A
Cancer 1986 Dec 15;58(12):2579-84. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19861215)58:12<2579::aid-cncr2820581204>3.0.co;2-v. PMID: 3022907

Clinical prediction guides

Epidemiologic analysis of 1,442 children and adolescents registered in the German germ cell tumor protocols.
Schneider DT, Calaminus G, Koch S, Teske C, Schmidt P, Haas RJ, Harms D, Göbel U
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004 Feb;42(2):169-75. doi: 10.1002/pbc.10321. PMID: 14752882

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