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Germinoma

 
 
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Disease relevance of Germinoma

 

High impact information on Germinoma

  • Seven of nine (78%) patients with germinoma survived disease-free after HDC with a median survival of 48 months [6].
  • Etoposide and cisplatin (EP) were used for the treatment of solitary pure germinomas, and ifosfamide, cisplatin, and etoposide (ICE) were used for the treatment of other GCTs [1].
  • These data suggested that INK4a/ARF gene abnormalities could play an important role in the genesis of ICGTs, especially in pure germinoma [7].
  • PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eight patients with CNS germinoma received carboplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin as their only nonsurgical treatment following their initial diagnosis [8].
  • In one germinoma, low amounts of somatostatin receptors were observed over the lymphocytic elements [9].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Germinoma

  • A suprasellar germinoma, initially thought to be granulomatous diencephalitis of uncertain cause, responded following chloramphenicol and methicillin treatment both by clinical and radiographic criteria and was not diagnosed until a third biopsy was performed [10].
  • This study analyzes secretion of melatonin and pituitary hormones in 14 patients with germinoma originating in the pineal or the hypothalamic-neurohypophyseal region [11].
  • METHODS AND MATERIALS: Following etoposide and cisplatin with or without ifosfamide, 13 patients with nondisseminated disease received involved-field irradiation of 24 Gy in 12 fractions within 3 weeks and 2 patients with disseminated germinoma received 24 Gy craniospinal irradiation (CSI) [12].
  • Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme in germinomas [13].
  • Angiotensin I-converting enzyme in a suprasellar germinoma [14].
 

Biological context of Germinoma

 

Anatomical context of Germinoma

 

Gene context of Germinoma

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Germinoma

References

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  9. Distribution and biochemical characterization of somatostatin receptors in tumors of the human central nervous system. Reubi, J.C., Lang, W., Maurer, R., Koper, J.W., Lamberts, S.W. Cancer Res. (1987) [Pubmed]
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  11. Twenty-four hour rhythm of melatonin in patients with a history of pineal and/or hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal germinoma. Murata, J., Sawamura, Y., Ikeda, J., Hashimoto, S., Honma, K. J. Pineal Res. (1998) [Pubmed]
  12. Preirradiation evaluation and technical assessment of involved-field radiotherapy using computed tomographic (CT) simulation and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for intracranial germinoma. Kitamura, K., Shirato, H., Sawamura, Y., Suzuki, K., Ikeda, J., Miyasaka, K. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. (1999) [Pubmed]
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  14. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme in a suprasellar germinoma. Rohmer, V., Saint-Andre, J.P., Alhenc-Gelas, F., Corvol, P., Bigorgne, J.C. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. (1987) [Pubmed]
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  18. A comparative study of apoptosis and proliferation in germinoma and glioblastoma. Mizoguchi, M., Inamura, T., Shono, T., Ikezaki, K., Inoha, S., Ohgami, S., Fukui, M. Neuro-oncology (2000) [Pubmed]
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  20. Pathobiology of intracranial germ-cell tumors: immunochemical, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopic investigations. Inoue, H.K., Naganuma, H., Ono, N. J. Neurooncol. (1987) [Pubmed]
  21. Lack of plasma prolactin response to intravenously injected vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in patients with prolactin-secreting adenoma. Kaji, H., Chihara, K., Kita, T., Kashio, Y., Okimura, Y., Fujita, T. Acta Endocrinol. (1985) [Pubmed]
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  24. OCT4 immunohistochemistry is superior to placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) in the diagnosis of central nervous system germinoma. Hattab, E.M., Tu, P.H., Wilson, J.D., Cheng, L. Am. J. Surg. Pathol. (2005) [Pubmed]
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