Should we reduce routine surveillance imaging in pediatric germ cell tumors?
Pediatr Blood Cancer
; 70(3): e30200, 2023 03.
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| ID: mdl-36625403
ABSTRACT
This paper retrospectively investigated the site and the detection method of relapses in children and adolescents with malignant germ cell tumors enrolled in the TCGM-AIEOP-2004 Study and subsequently developed a relapse, in order to evaluate a possible reduction in radiological exposure during follow-up. Including all malignant cases, serum tumor markers identified a relapse in more than 70% and, according to the selection criteria published by Children Oncology Group in 2018, in more than 90% of cases. These results confirm the importance of serum tumor markers as a relapse detection method, with possible reduction of radiology exams in specific subgroups.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Testicular Neoplasms
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Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Pediatr Blood Cancer
Journal subject:
HEMATOLOGIA
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NEOPLASIAS
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PEDIATRIA
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
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