The prognostic value of tumor markers in newly diagnosed patients with primary central nervous system germ cell tumors - Kim, AeRang; Ji, Lingyun; Balmaceda, Casilda; Diez, Blanca; Kellie, Stewart J.; Dunkel, Ira J.; Gardner, Sharon L.; Sposto, Richard; Finlay, Jonathan L. (Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2008)
Keywords: Adolescent; alpha-Fetoproteins - analysis; alpha-Fetoproteins - cerebrospinal fluid; Biomarkers, Tumor - blood; Biomarkers, Tumor - cerebrospinal fluid; Brain Neoplasms - blood; Brain Neoplasms - cerebrospinal fluid; Brain Neoplasms - mortality; Child; Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human - blood; Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human - cerebrospinal fluid; Disease-Free Survival; Female; germ cell tumors; Humans; Male; Neoplasm Staging; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - blood; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - cerebrospinal fluid; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - mortality; pediatric neuro-oncology; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; survival; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; tumor markers