Irfan Cicin, Yesim Eralp, Pinar Saip, Inci Ayan, Rejin Kebudi, Cem Iyibozkurt, Sitki Tuzlali, Omer Gorgun, Erkan Topuz
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinicopathologic prognostic factors in malignant ovarian germ cell tumors. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 70 patients treated from 1990 to 2006 at our center. Clinical data including demographics, stage, surgery, chemotherapy, survival, menses status, and fertility were collected from patients' charts. RESULTS: Median age was 22 years (range, 9-68). The histologic subtypes included 36 dysgerminomas, 11 yolk sac tumors, 3 immature teratomas, 1 embryonal carcinomas, and 19 mixed types...
April 2009: American Journal of Clinical Oncology