TY - JOUR
T1 - Mediastinal germ cell tumor with somatic-type malignancy
T2 - Report of 5 stage I/II cases
AU - Asakura, Keisuke
AU - Izumi, Yotaro
AU - Ikeda, Tatsuhiko
AU - Kimura, Yoshishige
AU - Horinouchi, Hirohisa
AU - Hayashi, Yuichiro
AU - Nomori, Hiroaki
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - Among 15 patients with primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumors experienced during the past 12 years, 5 were diagnosed with germ cell tumors with somatic-type malignancy. The pretreatment stages were stage I in 2 patients and stage II in 3. All 5 patients received perioperative chemotherapy plus surgical resection, and 4 remain alive without relapse, with a mean follow-up of 60 months.
AB - Among 15 patients with primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumors experienced during the past 12 years, 5 were diagnosed with germ cell tumors with somatic-type malignancy. The pretreatment stages were stage I in 2 patients and stage II in 3. All 5 patients received perioperative chemotherapy plus surgical resection, and 4 remain alive without relapse, with a mean follow-up of 60 months.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.12.081
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.12.081
M3 - Article
C2 - 20732540
AN - SCOPUS:77956148796
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 90
SP - 1014
EP - 1016
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -