title: The place of surgery in the management of germ cell tumours in childhood.
abstract: Because of their rarity and the availability of effective, if toxic, treatment, germ cell tumours should be managed by a team familiar with their behaviour and response to therapy. Treatment decisions from the time of presentation onwards should be made by surgeon and oncologist together, and, where the diagnosis is made unexpectedly after emergency surgery, early consultation is necessary to establish the best approach to treatment for that individual patient. Mutual recognition of the possibilities and problems of each modality of treatment will lead to their use together in the most effective way.
authors.affiliation: Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*