Ovarian cancer in children and adolescents: a review of 15 cases.
Fifteen patients, admitted between 1961 and 1975, from 8 to 19 years of age, with malignant ovarian tumors were reviewed. The histology was: dysgerminoma in 5, common "epithelial tumor" in 5, immature teratoma in 4, granulosa cell tumor in one. Of the 15 patients, 5 are alive and well, 4 of these had dysgerminoma, 1 had a papillary cystadenocarcinoma. Of 3 patients with dysgerminoma in Stage III, 2 are among the survivors. Dysgerminoma, in contrast with other types of germ cell tumors, may be curable even in advanced stage.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002369:Castration; D002648:Child; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000628:therapy; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000628:therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013724:Teratoma / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents