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10899652

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) is defined as an increase in tumour size during or after chemotherapy for germ cell tumour (GCT), and only mature teratoma at histological analysis of the resected tumour specimen. Between 1985 and 1997, 30 male patients fulfilling GTS criteria were included in the present study. 3 female patients were also included but analysed separately. A mature teratoma component was found in 86% of the primary GCT. 3 male patients (10%) had a complication at diagnosis of GTS. One male patient (4%) having undergone complete resection (n=24) had a recurrent GTS, compared with all but 1 patient (83%) in whom resection was partial (n=6) (P<0.001). 2 (8%) and 3 (50%) male patients treated with complete and partial resection subsequently developed a malignant NSGCT respectively (P=0.01). 2 female patients treated with partial resection presented a recurrent GTS. One of them died of this recurrent GTS. GTS is an entity in its own right with respect to complications and the natural history of the disease. Complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice for GTS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1389-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The growing teratoma syndrome: results of therapy and long-term follow-up of 33 patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 39, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 94805, Villejuif, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article