MeSH Review:
Germinoma
- Induction chemotherapy followed by low-dose involved-field radiotherapy for intracranial germ cell tumors. Aoyama, H., Shirato, H., Ikeda, J., Fujieda, K., Miyasaka, K., Sawamura, Y. J. Clin. Oncol. (2002)
- The fine structure of thymoma, with emphasis on its differential diagnosis. A study of ten cases. Levine, G.D., Rosai, J., Bearman, R.M., Polliack, A. Am. J. Pathol. (1975)
- Aromatase expression in human germinomas with possible biological effects. O'Marcaigh, A.S., Ledger, G.A., Roche, P.C., Parisi, J.E., Zimmerman, D. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1995)
- Neuroendocrine, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of pineal region tumors. Grimoldi, N., Tomei, G., Stankov, B., Lucini, V., Masini, B., Caputo, V., Repetti, M.L., Lazzarini, G., Gaini, S.M., Lucarini, C., Fraschini, F., Villani, R. J. Pineal Res. (1998)
- Germ cell tumors of the gonads: a selective review emphasizing problems in differential diagnosis, newly appreciated, and controversial issues. Ulbright, T.M. Mod. Pathol. (2005)
- Thiotepa-based high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell rescue in patients with recurrent or progressive CNS germ cell tumors. Modak, S., Gardner, S., Dunkel, I.J., Balmaceda, C., Rosenblum, M.K., Miller, D.C., Halpern, S., Finlay, J.L. J. Clin. Oncol. (2004)
- Alterations of the INK4a/ARF locus in human intracranial germ cell tumors. Iwato, M., Tachibana, O., Tohma, Y., Arakawa, Y., Nitta, H., Hasegawa, M., Yamashita, J., Hayashi, Y. Cancer Res. (2000)
- Radiation therapy for relapsed CNS germinoma after primary chemotherapy. Merchant, T.E., Davis, B.J., Sheldon, J.M., Leibel, S.A. J. Clin. Oncol. (1998)
- 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)
- Suprasellar germinoma. Unresolved problems in diagnosis, pathogenesis, and management. Kasper, C.S., Schneider, N.R., Childers, J.H., Wilson, J.D. Am. J. Med. (1983)
- 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)
- 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)
- Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme in germinomas. Saint-Andre, J.P., Alhenc-Gelas, F., Rohmer, V., Chretien, M.F., Bigorgne, J.C., Corvol, P. Hum. Pathol. (1988)
- 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)
- C-kit gene mutation: common and widely distributed in intracranial germinomas. Kamakura, Y., Hasegawa, M., Minamoto, T., Yamashita, J., Fujisawa, H. J. Neurosurg. (2006)
- Radiotherapy for tumours of the pineal region and suprasellar germinomas. Glanzmann, C., Seelentag, W. Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. (1989)
- Occurrence of GH deficiency in adult patients who underwent neurosurgery in the hypothalamus-pituitary area for non-functioning tumour masses. Corneli, G., Baldelli, R., Di Somma, C., Rovere, S., Gaia, D., Pellegrino, M., Gasco, V., Durante, C., Grottoli, S., Colao, A., Tamburrano, G., Lombardi, G., Ghigo, E., Aimaretti, G. Growth Horm. IGF Res. (2003)
- 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)
- Pineal germinoma with syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells: a case with panhypopituitarism and isosexual pseudopuberty. Laidler, P., Pounder, D.J. Hum. Pathol. (1984)
- Pathobiology of intracranial germ-cell tumors: immunochemical, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopic investigations. Inoue, H.K., Naganuma, H., Ono, N. J. Neurooncol. (1987)
- 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)
- Immunohistochemical and in vitro functional analysis of pineal-germinoma infiltrating lymphocytes: report of a case. Sawamura, Y., Hamou, M.F., Kuppner, M.C., de Tribolet, N. Neurosurgery (1989)
- c-kit gene mutations in intracranial germinomas. Sakuma, Y., Sakurai, S., Oguni, S., Satoh, M., Hironaka, M., Saito, K. Cancer Sci. (2004)
- 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)
- Mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome after cisplatin-based chemotherapy and radiotherapy for intracranial germinoma. Iwata, H., Mori, Y., Takagi, H., Shirahashi, K., Shinoda, J., Shimokawa, K., Hirose, H. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. (2004)
- Late recurrence of pineal germinoma. Wenger, M., Lövblad, K.O., Markwalder, R., Taub, E. Surgical neurology. (2002)
- Usefulness of gallium-67 scintigraphy in neurohypophyseal germinoma. Abe, T., Tanioka, D., Izumiyama, H., Matsumoto, K., Shinozuka, A. Acta neurochirurgica. (2000)