"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D018237
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.465.330
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Germinoma" by people in Profiles.
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The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the management of metastatic central nervous system germinoma: A meta-analysis. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 10; 70(10):e30601.
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Phase II trial of response-based radiation therapy for patients with localized germinoma: a Children's Oncology Group study. Neuro Oncol. 2022 06 01; 24(6):974-983.
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Multi-institutional analysis of treatment modalities in basal ganglia and thalamic germinoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 10; 68(10):e29172.
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Case 3: Polyuria and Polydipsia in an 11-year-old Boy. Pediatr Rev. 2020 05; 41(5):252-255.
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Preservation of KIT genotype in a novel pair of patient-derived orthotopic xenograft mouse models of metastatic pediatric CNS germinoma. J Neurooncol. 2016 05; 128(1):47-56.
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Atypical location and clinical behavior of a subset of intracranial germ cell tumors in children younger than 3 years of age. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Oct; 14(4):348-55.
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[Clinical analysis of 45 patients with intracranial germinoma treated by radiotherapy]. Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2013 Mar; 38(3):262-7.
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Disseminated germinoma in the brain and cervical spinal cord 10 years after radiographic resolution of pineal germinoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Jul; 19(7):1055-7.
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Bifocal intracranial germinoma: a retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes in 20 patients and review of the literature. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Mar 15; 82(4):1341-51.
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Development of obsessive-compulsive disorder following a pineal germinoma: a case report. Am J Psychiatry. 2011 May; 168(5):550; author reply 550-1.