Treatment outcomes in patients with growing teratoma syndrome: A review
- Authors: Nechushkina I.V.1, Nechushkina V.M.2,3, Boychenko E.I.1,4, Susuleva N.A.1,4
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Affiliations:
- Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
- Educational & Research Centre Eurasian Oncology Program «EAFO»
- Privolzhsky Research Medical University
- Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology
- Issue: Vol 27, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 54-57
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1815-1434/article/view/291149
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/18151434.2025.1.203173
- ID: 291149
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The advances in the treatment of patients with germ cell tumors enable long-term follow-up for the recovered patients and determine the probability of mature teratoma recurrence and relapses. This complication is referred to as growing teratoma syndrome. Studies have shown that the risk of recurrence is high and depends on the timeliness and extent of surgery. The key to successful treatment is the awareness of doctors and patients about this disease, regular and thorough examinations, the inclusion of computed tomography in the examination plan, early diagnosis of the syndrome and the identifying a paradoxical response to chemotherapy, timely and complete surgical removal of a germ cell tumor.
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##article.viewOnOriginalSite##About the authors
Innesa V. Nechushkina
Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
Author for correspondence.
Email: ivnechushkina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9322-9466
SPIN-code: 2727-9401
D. Sci. (Med.), Prof.
Russian Federation, MoscowValentina M. Nechushkina
Educational & Research Centre Eurasian Oncology Program «EAFO»; Privolzhsky Research Medical University
Email: ivnechushkina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1855-9692
SPIN-code: 8523-6798
D. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, Moscow; Nizhny NovgorodElena I. Boychenko
Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education; Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology
Email: ivnechushkina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9216-7147
SPIN-code: 3685-6147
Cand. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, Moscow; MoscowNatalja A. Susuleva
Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education; Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology
Email: ivnechushkina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0678-1720
SPIN-code: 4877-8120
D. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, Moscow; MoscowReferences
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