Mediastinal germ cell tumor with somatic-type malignancy: report of 5 stage I/II cases.
Among 15 patients with primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumors experienced during the past 12 years, 5 were diagnosed with germ cell tumors with somatic-type malignancy. The pretreatment stages were stage I in 2 patients and stage II in 3. All 5 patients received perioperative chemotherapy plus surgical resection, and 4 remain alive without relapse, with a mean follow-up of 60 months.
Asakura
Keisuke
K
Division of General Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
Izumi
Yotaro
Y
Ikeda
Tatsuhiko
T
Kimura
Yoshishige
Y
Horinouchi
Hirohisa
H
Hayashi
Yuichiro
Y
Nomori
Hiroaki
H
D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult