Pediatric Oncology

Germ Cell Tumors

Questions discussed in this category

What treatment regimen would you recommend for young adults with platinum refractory relapsed germ cell tumors?

2 Answers available

How do you approach a patient with multiply relapsed germ cell tumor with rising tumor markers but no obvious site of disease?

If standard of care BEP chemo, tandem transplant, and radiation to primary site have been done previously.

1 Answer available

How would you approach a new pelvic mass in a patient with history of mixed germ cell tumor but normalized tumor markers?

The new mass was noted on imaging after primary tumor resection and 3 cycles of BEP chemotherapy.

1 Answer available

How would you treat a stage 1a Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor with heterologous elements?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Clin Cancer Res, 2018 May 15

DICER1 and Associated Conditions: Identification of At-risk Individuals and Recommended Surveillance Strategies.

Eur. J. Cancer, 2014 Dec 13

Ovarian Sertoli Leydig cell tumours in children and adolescents: an analysis of the European Cooperative Study Group on Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT).

Am. J. Surg. Pathol.,

Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors. A clinicopathological analysis of 207 cases.

Ann Oncol, 2007 Nov 15

Combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine, oxaliplatin, and paclitaxel in patients with cisplatin-refractory or multiply relapsed germ-cell tumors: a study of the German Testicular Cancer Study Group.

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