Treatment Of Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors

Treatment of extragonadal germ cell tumors

Treatment depends on the location and type of cancer. In general, small seminomas are treated with radiation and chemotherapy largest followed by radiation. Nonseminomatous tumors usually are treated with chemotherapy followed by surgical removal of a larger tumor that remains even after chemotherapy.

Downtown area of ??the chest (mediastinum): seminomas are usually treated with high dose radiation and sometimes chemotherapy. Non-seminomas are treated with chemotherapy. Read the rest of this entry »