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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spelling pubmed-27100612009-08-11 The growing teratoma syndrome: Current review of the literature Gorbatiy, Vladislav Spiess, Philippe E. Pisters, Louis L. Indian J Urol Review Article 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. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2710061/ /pubmed/19672343 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.52910 Text en © Indian Journal of Urology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The growing teratoma syndrome: Current review of the literature
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title_short The growing teratoma syndrome: Current review of the literature
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url 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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