Treatment
| |
Surgery alone
|
21 (87.5)
|
Surgery combined with adjuvant chemotherapy
|
3 (12.5)
|
Age (years)
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< 2
|
9 (37.5)
|
⩾ 2 |
15 (62.5)
|
Pathologic type
| |
Yolk sac tumor
|
20 (83.3)
|
Seminoma
|
1 (4.2)
|
Embryonal carcinoma
|
1 (4.2)
|
Teratoma with malignant epithelial component
|
1 (4.2)
|
Mixed germ cell tumor (yolk sac tumor and embryonal carcinoma)
|
1 (4.2)
|
Tumor size (cm)
| |
< 6
|
15 (62.5)
|
⩾ 6 |
9 (37.5)
|
Preoperative AFP level (ng/mL)
| |
< 10,000
|
12 (52.2)
|
⩾ 10,000 |
11 (47.8)
|
Time of AFP level decline to normal
| |
< 1 month
|
4 (19.0)
|
⩾ 1 month |
17 (81.0)
|