 Germinoma
"Germinoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A malignant neoplasm of the germinal tissue of the GONADS; MEDIASTINUM; or pineal region. Germinomas are uniform in appearance, consisting of large, round cells with vesicular nuclei and clear or finely granular eosinophilic-staining cytoplasm. (Stedman, 265th ed; from DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, pp1642-3)
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D018237
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.465.330
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Germinoma" by people in Profiles.
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Jeyapalan JN, Noor DA, Lee SH, Tan CL, Appleby VA, Kilday JP, Palmer RD, Schwalbe EC, Clifford SC, Walker DA, Murray MJ, Coleman N, Nicholson JC, Scotting PJ. Methylator phenotype of malignant germ cell tumours in children identifies strong candidates for chemotherapy resistance. Br J Cancer. 2011 Aug 09; 105(4):575-85.
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Datta MW, Renshaw AA, Dutta A, Hoffman MA, Loughlin KR. Evaluation of cyclin expression in testicular germ cell tumors: cyclin E correlates with tumor type, advanced clinical stage, and pulmonary metastasis. Mod Pathol. 2000 Jun; 13(6):667-72.
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Dry SM, Renshaw AA. Extratesticular extension of germ cell tumors preferentially occurs at the hilum. Am J Clin Pathol. 1999 Apr; 111(4):534-8.
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Comiter CV, Renshaw AA, Benson CB, Loughlin KR. Burned-out primary testicular cancer: sonographic and pathological characteristics. J Urol. 1996 Jul; 156(1):85-8.
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