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ArticleUrology annals

Primitive neuroectodermal tumor transformation of testicular teratoma.

Anastasios Karatzas, Vasileios Papadopoulos, Vagianna Katsiouli, Louis Pisters, Christos Papandreou, Vassilios Tzortzis

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Article in Urology annals. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Anastasios KaratzasDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Vasileios PapadopoulosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Vagianna KatsiouliDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Louis PistersDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Christos PapandreouDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Vassilios TzortzisDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant transformation of teratoma develops in a small subset of testis cancer patients. Primitive neuroectodermal tumor represents a highly malignant component of testicular germ cell tumors. It is a rare clinical entity which is characterized by a high risk of disease progression and death. Surgical resection plus chemotherapy appears to be the therapy of choice.

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Germ cell tumormalignant transformation of teratomaprimitive neuroectodermal tumorretroperitoneal lymph node dissection

Identifiers

PMID30386097
PMCPMC6194792

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