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Management strategy for children with ovarian immature teratoma: results from a tertiary pediatric oncology center.

Gehad AhmedSahar Ahmed KhalilMaged ElshafieyNihal AbdelfattahMohamed EidAl-Shaimaa ZakariaMadeeha ElwakeelAhmed Elgendy
Published in: World journal of surgical oncology (2024)
Surgery-alone strategy with close follow-up achieves excellent outcomes for localized ovarian ITs in children, irrespective of the Norris grading or the presence of GP. However, adjuvant chemotherapy is questionable for patients with incompletely resected or locally advanced tumors, and its role requires further evaluation through prospective multicentric studies with a larger sample size.
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