Affiliation:
1. From the Department of Pediatric Hematology and OncologyHeinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf; Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Homburg-Saar, Homburg-Saar; Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz; Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Essen, Essen; and Institute of Pathology, Department of Pediatric Pathology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate children and adolescents with primary mediastinal teratoma and malignant germ cell tumors (GCTs).PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-seven patients from the German nontesticular GCT studies were analyzed (median age, 2.5 years; range, neonate to 17 years). Teratoma (n = 21) were resected, and no adjuvant treatment was given. Malignant GCTs (n = 26) were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy and resection. Three of 26 patients underwent radiotherapy.RESULTS: In all patients with teratoma, tumor markers were normal. Surgery of teratoma was complete in 17 of 21 patients and microscopically incomplete in four of 21 patients, and we observed no relapse after a median follow-up of 29 months. In 23 of 26 patients with malignant GCTs, alpha-fetoprotein and/or beta-human chorionic gonadotropin were elevated. Twelve of 26 patients received adjuvant chemotherapy after initial resection, which was complete in six of 12 patients, whereas delayed resection after preoperative chemotherapy was complete in 10 of 11 patients (P = .03). Four of six patients underwent second-look thoracotomy after incomplete primary surgery. Three of 26 patients did not undergo tumor resection. The final completeness of resection was the strongest prognostic indicator (event-free survival [EFS], 0.94 ± 0.06 v 0.42 ± 0.33; P < .002). Local stage and distant metastases were not prognostically significant at the .05 level. For all malignant GCTs, the 5-year survival rate was 0.87 ± 0.05 (median follow-up, 51 months), with an EFS of 0.83 ± 0.05.CONCLUSION: The prognosis of mediastinal teratoma is excellent after complete or microscopically incomplete resection. In children with malignant GCT, the prognosis is favorable with a therapeutic strategy of delayed resection after preoperative chemotherapy. In most children, the diagnosis can be based on elevated tumor markers and imaging. Biopsy is indicated in nonsecreting GCT.
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Cited by
94 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献