Survival of nonseminomatous germ cell tumors in pediatric patients and young adults – A stage group stratified analysis
Srivastava A, Patel H, Koehne E, Gupta G, Drachtman R, Pierorazio P, Bagrodia A, Elsamra S, Kim I, Ghodoussipour S, Singer E, Jang T, Patel H, Barone J. Survival of nonseminomatous germ cell tumors in pediatric patients and young adults – A stage group stratified analysis. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2022, 40: 169.e1-169.e12. PMID: 35144865, PMCID: PMC8960351, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonseminomatous germ cell tumorsCancer-specific survivalGerm cell tumorsCell tumorsStage groupPediatric patientsAdolescent patientsYoung adultsStage IAdvanced nonseminomatous germ cell tumorsSurvival analysisAge groupsWorse cancer-specific survivalCox proportional hazards modelTesticular germ cell tumorsEnd Results (SEER) databaseExcellent survival outcomesStage III tumorsExcellent oncologic outcomesImportant prognostic factorKaplan-Meier curvesCommon solid malignancyProportional hazards modelNSGCT patientsOncologic outcomes