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View Post: Raffy's Big Brave Journey: Some Facts About Extragonadal Seminoma GCT
16 Jun 2009 by sunny-side-up  
Trying to understand Raffy's illness and preparing ourselves for the foundation we're hoping to have setup soon, we've been doing some research on extragonadal germ cell tumors. The easiest source to understand is the American National ...
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View Post: ISPUB - A yolk sac tumor in a female newborn with a subcutaneous ...
27 Sep 2009
The YST was first identified as a germ cell tumor by Teilum in 1946 (3). It is found in the testes, ovaries, and several extragonadal sites including the pre-sacral area and anterior mediastinum. Whereas most of the benign tumors are ...
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View Post: Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors -Genital Tumors-
19 Oct 2006
Treatment of extragonadal germ cell tumors parallels that of testicular tumors. Low-volume seminoma can be managed with radiotherapy. High-volume seminoma should receive primary chemotherapy. Prognosis parallels that of testicular ...
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View Post: extragonadal germ cell tumor
17 May 2008 by ayna  
extragonadal germ cell tumors can be cancerous or noncancerous. the cancerous tumors are divided into 2 types, seminoma and nonseminoma. nonseminoma cancers include embryonal carcinoma, malignant teratoma, endodermal sinus tumor, ...
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View Post: beyond the abstract - extragonadal retroperitoneal germ cell tumor ...
22 Oct 2007 by Mallows  
urotoday.com - primary extragonadal germ cell tumors (egct) are rare and account a small percentage, 2% to 5%, of all germ cell tumors. in adults, these tumors have been reported in many sites, but they arise mostly along the sagital ...
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View Post: [extragonadal germ cell tumor in mediastinum: case report] - sendmerss
3 Jun 2008 by medical rss reader  
the germ cell tumors of extragonadal origin are infrequent cases being described in literature less than 1000 cases. the frequent origin sites are mediastinum, retroperitoneum, sacrococcygeal region, and the pineal gland. ...
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View Post: List of Types of Cancer
30 Dec 2008
Ewing Family of Tumors Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Childhood Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer Eye Cancer, Intraocular Melanoma Eye Cancer, Retinoblastoma G Gallbladder Cancer Gastric (Stomach) Cancer ...
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View Post: extragonadal germ cell tumor
27 Jan 2009 by devil male  
definition of extragonadal germ cell tumor: a rare cancer that develops in germ cells that are found in areas of the body other than the ovary or testicle (such as the brain, chest, abdomen, or tailbone). germ cells are reproductive ...
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View Post: USPharmacist.com > A Review of Testicular Cancer
20 Aug 2009
Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are the most common type of testicular neoplasm, with a 95% incidence.2,3 Carcinoma in situ and intratubular germ cell neoplasms advance to GCTs in roughly 5 years.7 Rarely occurring testicular neoplasms include sex cord-stromal tumors and lymphomas. GCTs may be found in extragonadal regions, most commonly the retroperitoneum and the mediastinum.8. Many risk factors have been proposed for the development of testicular cancer. ...
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