TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary intracranial germ-cell tumors in adults
T2 - A practical review
AU - Bromberg, Jacoline E.C.
AU - Baumert, Brigitta G.
AU - De Vos, Filip
AU - Gijtenbeek, Johanna M.M.
AU - Kurt, Erkan
AU - Westermann, Anneke M.
AU - Wesseling, Pieter
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - Primary intracranial germ-cell tumors are rare tumors primarily of adolescence, and literature on this disease in adults is scarce. The available evidence on intracranial germ-cell tumors is reviewed with a focus on adult patients whenever possible, and used to make suggestions for diagnosis and treatment. Diagnostic and treatment algorithms were developed to provide an evidence-based backbone to base treatment on in adult patients with a (suspected) primary intracranial germ-cell tumor.
AB - Primary intracranial germ-cell tumors are rare tumors primarily of adolescence, and literature on this disease in adults is scarce. The available evidence on intracranial germ-cell tumors is reviewed with a focus on adult patients whenever possible, and used to make suggestions for diagnosis and treatment. Diagnostic and treatment algorithms were developed to provide an evidence-based backbone to base treatment on in adult patients with a (suspected) primary intracranial germ-cell tumor.
KW - Diagnosis
KW - Germ-cell tumor
KW - Germinoma
KW - Intracranial
KW - Treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879110937&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11060-013-1114-6
DO - 10.1007/s11060-013-1114-6
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23526409
AN - SCOPUS:84879110937
SN - 0167-594X
VL - 113
SP - 175
EP - 183
JO - Journal of Neuro-Oncology
JF - Journal of Neuro-Oncology
IS - 2
ER -