Paediatric extracranial germ-cell tumours

F Shaikh, MJ Murray, JF Amatruda, N Coleman… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Management of paediatric extracranial germ-cell tumours carries a unique set of challenges.
Germ-cell tumours are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that present across a wide age …

Pediatric germ cell tumors: a developmental perspective

JL Pierce, AL Frazier, JF Amatruda - Advances in urology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Germ cell tumors (GCTs) arising in infants, children, and adolescents present a set of special
challenges. GCTs make up about 3% of malignancies in children aged 0–18 and nearly …

Malignant germ cell tumors display common microRNA profiles resulting in global changes in expression of messenger RNA targets

RD Palmer, MJ Murray, HK Saini, S van Dongen… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Despite their extensive clinical and pathologic heterogeneity, all malignant germ cell tumors
(GCT) are thought to originate from primordial germ cells. However, no common biological …

Pediatric and adolescent extracranial germ cell tumors: the road to collaboration

TA Olson, MJ Murray, C Rodriguez-Galindo… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
During the past 35 years, survival rates for children with extracranial malignant germ cell
tumors (GCTs) have increased significantly. Success has been achieved primarily through …

Molecular characteristics of malignant ovarian germ cell tumors and comparison with testicular counterparts: implications for pathogenesis

SM Kraggerud, CE Hoei-Hansen… - Endocrine …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
This review focuses on the molecular characteristics and development of rare malignant
ovarian germ cell tumors (mOGCTs). We provide an overview of the genomic aberrations …

Functional evidence that Drosha overexpression in cervical squamous cell carcinoma affects cell phenotype and microRNA profiles

B Muralidhar, D Winder, M Murray… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Although gain of chromosome 5p is one of the most frequent DNA copy‐number imbalances
in cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the genes that drive its selection remain poorly …

International testicular cancer incidence rates in children, adolescents and young adults

KA Kusler, JN Poynter - Cancer epidemiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in young men in developed
countries. In adults, international variation in testicular cancer incidence rates has been well …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of carboplatin versus cisplatin in the treatment of paediatric extracranial malignant germ cell tumours: a report of the Malignant Germ Cell …

AL Frazier, S Stoneham, C Rodriguez-Galindo… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare the outcomes of paediatric and adolescent extracranial malignant
germ cell tumour (GCT) patients treated with either carboplatin or cisplatin on clinical trials …

Mutation in the type IB bone morphogenetic protein receptor alk6b impairs germ-cell differentiation and causes germ-cell tumors in zebrafish

JC Neumann, GL Chandler… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Germ-cell tumors (GCTs), which arise from pluripotent embryonic germ cells, exhibit a wide
range of histologic differentiation states with varying clinical behaviors. Although testicular …

Molecular Biology of Pediatric and Adult Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors: A Review

MT Pinto, G Eiras Martins, AGS Vieira, JMS Galvão… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Because ovarian germ cell tumors (OGCTs) are rare tumors, our current
understanding of them is sparse; this is because few studies have investigated the …