2013
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.230.211
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Yolk Sac Tumor of the Ovary: A Retrospective Multicenter Study of 33 Japanese Women by Tohoku Gynecologic Cancer Unit (TGCU)

Abstract: Yolk sac tumor (YST) of the ovary is a rare germ cell tumor comprising about 1% of all ovarian malignancies. YST usually occurs as a rapidly growing unilateral tumor in young women. With the introduction of cisplatin, YST has been changed from a fatal tumor to a curable tumor. The standard treatment of YST consists of fertility-preserving surgery and 3 or 4 courses of adjuvant combination chemotherapy with bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP). However, the long-term prognosis of BEP-treated YST patients h… Show more

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“…7,11,14,16 For example, in the study of Nawa et al, 7 the 5-year survival rate was 78% for patients with residual tumor of 2 cm or less and 29.2% for those with residual tumor of larger than 2 cm, respectively. However, there were 2 obvious drawbacks in previous studies.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…7,11,14,16 For example, in the study of Nawa et al, 7 the 5-year survival rate was 78% for patients with residual tumor of 2 cm or less and 29.2% for those with residual tumor of larger than 2 cm, respectively. However, there were 2 obvious drawbacks in previous studies.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Representan la segunda neoplasia de células germinales maligna más común (20-22%) 1,3-4 , siendo la primera el disgerminoma (48%) 3-4 y la tercera el teratoma ovárico inmaduro 2 . La incidencia de tumores de ovario en edad pediátrica es de 2.6/100.000 niñas y de 0.34/100.000 en mujeres jóvenes, siendo más frecuentes en pacientes de origen japonés [4][5] . Se ha descrito, además, en la literatura científica una cierta asociación de los tumores de células germinales con mujeres con gónadas disgenéticas y un importante componente cromosómico Y 8 .…”
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“…Se ha planteado, además, en algunas revisiones que, dada la infrecuencia de este tipo de tumores, el carácter heredofamiliar es altamente improbable 4 . Los síntomas más frecuentes asociados a estas neoplasias son el dolor abdominal progresivo de 2-4 semanas de evolución 2,4 , diagnóstico de tumoración abdominopélvica palpable 2-4 y rápido crecimiento del perímetro abdominal 3,5,6,8 . La clínica mostrada por nuestra paciente corresponde con la típica en esta entidad.…”
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