Treatment of mediastinal malignant germ cell tumors
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Management of the primary malignant mediastinal germ cell tumors: experience with 54 patients
BACKGROUND Primary malignant mediastinal germ cell tumor (PMMGCT) is rare and sometimes the prognosis of the patients with PMMGCT is not very satisfactory. METHODS A total of 54 patients with PMMGCT in a follow-up from 1990 to 2009. We evaluated the role of the surgical treatment and the effect of multimodality treatment strategy for patients with PMMGCT. RESULTS Fifty-two patients underwen...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0917-4141,1884-1724
DOI: 10.2995/jacsurg1987.1.55