Table 4.

5-year relative survival (RSR in %) of gonadal and extragonadal germ cell tumors by primary site, sex and race; SEER-9, 1990–2007

Topography (ICD-O)	Males						Females
	White			Black			White			Black
	N	RSR (%)	SE	N	RSR(%)	SE	N	RSR(%)	SE	N	RSR(%)	SE
Gonadal germ cell tumors
Testis (C62.0–C62.9)	11,468	97	0.2	292	90	2.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovary (C56)*	-	-	-	-	-	-	545	92	1.3	87	# 85	#4.1
Primary sites of extragonadal germ cell tumors
Mediastinum (C38.1–C38.3)*	209	58	3.6	15	-	-	14	-	-	1	-	-
Retroperitoneum (C48.0)	65	81	5.4	2	-	-	7	-	-	5	-	-
Placenta (C58)*	-	-	-	-	-	-	122	94	2.4	40	88	5.3
Brain, NOS (C71.0–C71.9)*	61	83	5.4	7	-	-	29	* 65	* 9.1	9	-	-
Pineal gland (C75.3)*	112	90	3.1	17	-	-	2	-	-	0	-	-
All extragonadal germ cell tumors*	608	68	2.1	57	71	6.4	308	82	2.3	103	78	4.3

Persons with multiple primaries were included;

^*The relative cumulative survival increased from a prior interval and has been adjusted;

SE: estimated standard error of the RSR