Surveillance After Initial Surgery for Pediatric and Adolescent Girls With Stage I Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors: Report From the Children's Oncology Group
Billmire DF, Cullen JW, Rescorla FJ, Davis M, Schlatter MG, Olson TA, Malogolowkin MH, Pashankar F, Villaluna D, Krailo M, Egler RA, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Frazier AL. Surveillance After Initial Surgery for Pediatric and Adolescent Girls With Stage I Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors: Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32: 465-470. PMID: 24395845, PMCID: PMC4876316, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.51.1006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAlpha-FetoproteinsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBleomycinChildChild, PreschoolCisplatinDisease-Free SurvivalEtoposideFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKaplan-Meier EstimateNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingNeoplasm, ResidualNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalOvarian NeoplasmsRadiographyRisk FactorsSalvage TherapyTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsMalignant ovarian germ cell tumorsStage I malignant ovarian germ cell tumorsOvarian germ cell tumorsEvent-free survivalGerm cell tumorsOverall survivalAlpha-fetoproteinRecurrent diseaseOncology GroupCell tumorsSuccessful Salvage ChemotherapyTumor marker elevationPercent of patientsKaplan-Meier methodChildren's Oncology GroupSerum tumor markersPredominant histologySalvage chemotherapyInitial surgeryMarker elevationMetastatic diseaseSurgical resectionMedian timeYolk sacTumor markers