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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Sep 15;18(10):2661–2664. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0462

Table 1.

Tumor characteristics and diagnosis ages of pediatric GCT cases (n=278).

Males
n (%)
Females
n (%)
Anatomic Location
 Testis/Ovary 47 (58) 97 (51)
 Extragonadal 31 (38) 89 (47)
 Metastatic 3 (3.7) 4 (2.1)
Histology
 Yolk sac tumor
 (Endodermal sinus tumor)
46 (55.4) 79 (40.5)
 Teratoma 14 (16.9) 57 (29.2)
 Seminoma 2 (2.4) 43 (22.1)
 Other nonseminomas*
 (Embryonal carcinoma, Choriocarcinoma, Polyembryoma)
17 (20.5) 8 (4.1)
 Other
 (mixed germ cell tumor components and malignant tumor cells)
3 (3.6) 7 (3.6)
 Not specified 1 (1.2) 1 (0.51)
Age at diagnosis (years)
 <1 22 (26.5) 35 (18.0)
 1-4 42 (50.6) 49 (25.1)
 5-9 4 (4.8) 37 (19.0)
 10-14 15 (18.1) 74 (38.0)
Total 83 (100) 195 (100)
*

Embryonal carcinoma, Choriocarcinoma, Polyembryoma

Mixed germ cell tumor components and malignant tumor cells