Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors Treatment


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General Information


Histologic Classification


Pediatric Germ Cell Tumor Biology


Stage Information


Treatment Background for Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors


Treatment of Mature and Immature Teratomas in Children


Treatment of Malignant Gonadal Germ Cell Tumors


Treatment of Childhood Malignant Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor


Treatment of Recurrent Childhood Malignant Germ Cell Tumor


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Changes to This Summary (12/05/2008)


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Changes to This Summary (12/05/2008)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Treatment of Childhood Malignant Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor

Added text on levels of evidence, a formal ranking system to help the reader judge the strength of evidence linked to the reported results of a therapeutic strategy.

Added Kang et al. as reference 16 and level of evidence 3iiA.

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