[Malignant germinal tumours of the mediastinum: diagnosis and treatment].
Mediastinal germinal tumours are composed of tissues resembling those that follow one another during embryo development, by differentiation of the primordial and extraembryonic layers. Such practice separates the mature teratomas (benign), seminomas and non-seminomatous germinal tumours (NSGT). Platin-based chemotherapy has shattered the prognosis of such tumours.
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Service de Pneumologie, INSERM U 618, CHU Bretonneau, 37044 Tours. lemarie@med.univ-tours.fr
D018237:Germinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D018239:Seminoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy