title: Mediastinal germ cell tumor with somatic-type malignancy: report of 5 stage I/II cases.
abstract: 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.
authors: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Keisuke
authors: K
authors: Asakura
authors: Yotaro
authors: Y
authors: Izumi
authors: Tatsuhiko
authors: T
authors: Ikeda
authors: Yoshishige
authors: Y
authors: Kimura
authors: Hirohisa
authors: H
authors: Horinouchi
authors: Yuichiro
authors: Y
authors: Hayashi
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Nomori
mesh_terms: 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