The growing teratoma syndrome: Current review of the literature

Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) is a rare condition among patients with non-seminomatous germ cell tumors who present with enlarging metastatic masses during appropriate systemic chemotherapy and in the context of normalized serum markers. This article reviews the current pertinent scientific litera...

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Autores principales: Gorbatiy, Vladislav, Spiess, Philippe E., Pisters, Louis L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2710061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19672343
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.52910
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Sumario:Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) is a rare condition among patients with non-seminomatous germ cell tumors who present with enlarging metastatic masses during appropriate systemic chemotherapy and in the context of normalized serum markers. This article reviews the current pertinent scientific literature on the diagnosis and management of GTS.

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