Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal

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Neoplasms composed of primordial GERM CELLS of embryonic GONADS or of elements of the germ layers of the EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in the gonads or present in an embryo or FETUS.

Descriptor ID	D009373
MeSH Number(s)	C04.557.465
Concept/Terms	Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonic Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms Germ Cell and Embryonic Neoplasms Cancer, Embryonal and Mixed Cancer, Embryonal and Mixed Neoplasms, Germ Cell Neoplasms, Germ Cell Germ Cell Tumor Germ Cell Tumors Tumor, Germ Cell Tumors, Germ Cell Germ Cell Neoplasms Neoplasms, Embryonal Neoplasms, Embryonal Embryonal Neoplasm Neoplasm, Embryonal Embryonal Neoplasms Neoplasms, Embryonal and Mixed Neoplasms, Embryonal and Mixed Cancer, Embryonal Cancer, Embryonal Cancers, Embryonal Embryonal Cancer Embryonal Cancers Germ Cell Cancer Germ Cell Cancer Cancer, Germ Cell Cancers, Germ Cell Germ Cell Cancers

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Diseases [C]
Neoplasms [C04]
Neoplasms by Histologic Type [C04.557]
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal [C04.557.465]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	1	2
2006	2	0	2
2007	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2014	2	0	2
2015	4	0	4
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1

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Phuong A, Marquardt JP, O'Malley R, Holt SK, Laidlaw G, Eagle Z, Ngo S, Orcutt D, Schade GR, Lin DW, Schweizer MT, Yezefski T, Yu EY, Montgomery B, Grivas P, Fintelmann FJ, Psutka SP. Changes in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue during cytotoxic chemotherapy for testicular germ cell carcinoma and associations with adverse events. Urol Oncol. 2022 10; 40(10):456.e19-456.e30.

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Aldrink JH, Glick RD, Baertschiger RM, Kulaylat AN, Lautz TB, Christison-Lagay E, Grant CN, Tracy E, Dasgupta R, Brown EG, Mattei P, Rothstein DH, Rodeberg DA, Ehrlich PF. Update on pediatric testicular germ cell tumors. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr; 57(4):690-699.

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Hoffman HA, Toshkezi G, Fullmer JM, Hall W, Chin LS. Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management of Testicular Choriocarcinoma Metastatic to the Brain: Report of 2 Cases and Review of Literature. World Neurosurg. 2017 Oct; 106:536-542.

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Osbun N, Winters B, Holt SK, Schade GR, Lin DW, Wright JL. Characteristics of Patients With Sertoli and Leydig Cell Testis Neoplasms From a National Population-Based Registry. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2017 Apr; 15(2):e263-e266.

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Kerkar SP, Wang ZF, Lasota J, Park T, Patel K, Groh E, Rosenberg SA, Miettinen MM. MAGE-A is More Highly Expressed Than NY-ESO-1 in a Systematic Immunohistochemical Analysis of 3668 Cases. J Immunother. 2016 May; 39(4):181-7.

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Miettinen M, Wang Z, Lasota J, Heery C, Schlom J, Palena C. Nuclear Brachyury Expression Is Consistent in Chordoma, Common in Germ Cell Tumors and Small Cell Carcinomas, and Rare in Other Carcinomas and Sarcomas: An Immunohistochemical Study of 5229 Cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2015 Oct; 39(10):1305-12.

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Plastaras C, Tsay T, Schran S, Zhang Y, Becker S, Pukenas B. Vertebral Benign Notochordal Cell Tumor (BNCT) as an Incidental Finding in Cervical Radiculitis. PM R. 2015 Nov; 7(11):1198-1200.

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Korshunov A, Jakobiec FA, Eberhart CG, Hovestadt V, Capper D, Jones DT, Sturm D, Stagner AM, Edward DP, Eagle RC, Proia AD, Koch A, Ryzhova M, Ektova A, Sch?ller U, Zheludkova O, Lichter P, von Deimling A, Pfister SM, Kool M. Comparative integrated molecular analysis of intraocular medulloepitheliomas and central nervous system embryonal tumors with multilayered rosettes confirms that they are distinct nosologic entities. Neuropathology. 2015 Dec; 35(6):538-44.

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Jakobiec FA, Kool M, Stagner AM, Pfister SM, Eagle RC, Proia AD, Korshunov A. Intraocular Medulloepitheliomas and Embryonal Tumors With Multilayered Rosettes of the Brain: Comparative Roles of LIN28A and C19MC. Am J Ophthalmol. 2015 Jun; 159(6):1065-1074.e1.

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Miettinen M, Wang Z, McCue PA, Sarlomo-Rikala M, Rys J, Biernat W, Lasota J, Lee YS. SALL4 expression in germ cell and non-germ cell tumors: a systematic immunohistochemical study of 3215 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2014 Mar; 38(3):410-20.

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