Lemarié E
Service de Pneumologie, INSERM U 618, CHU Bretonneau, 37044 Tours.
Rev Pneumol Clin. 2004 Nov;60(5 Pt 2):3S79-85.
Mediastinal germinal tumours are composed of tissues resembling those that follow one another during embryo development, by differentiation of the primordial and extraembryonic layers. Such practice separates the mature teratomas (benign), seminomas and non-seminomatous germinal tumours (NSGT). Platin-based chemotherapy has shattered the prognosis of such tumours.