Extracranial germ cell tumours: Mature and immature (1990-2015). First report by the South African Association of Paediatric Haematology Oncology (SAAPHO).
Marc Gerald HendricksAnnibale CoisJennifer GeelJaques van HeerdenGita NaiduJan du PlessisAnel Van ZylMairi BassingthwaighteFareed OmarAné BüchnerBiance RoweKarla ThomasRonelle UysNgoakoana MahlachanaAlan DavidsonA Lindsay Frazier LKirsten A DonaldMariana Kruger MPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2023)
Five-year OS for those with low-stage disease was excellent, but was poorer for patients with advanced disease. The implementation of a national treatment guideline will facilitate the standardising of surgical approaches, indications for chemotherapy and specifications for follow-up to improve survival and to collect more robust late effects data.