Clinical Study

A Study of Patients with Primary Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors Treated Using Multimodal Therapy

Table 1

Characteristics of the six patients with primary mediastinal germ cell tumors.

Characteristic

Median age (years)25 (19–27)
Median body mass index (kg/m2)22.1 (16.6–41.8)
Sex (male/female)6/0
Median follow-up (months)32.5 (8–84)
Histopathology
 Pure seminoma3 (50%)
 Yolk sac2 (33%)
 Choriocarcinoma1 (17%)
Extramediastinal metastases
 Lung1 (17%)
 Supraclavicular lymph nodes1 (17%)