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Standard Treatment Options for Recurrent Malignant GCTs in Children
Source: Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: November 5, 2024 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Context: Treatment of Recurrent Malignant GCTs in Children
Standard treatment options for recurrent childhood malignant GCTs include the following:
Surgery alone.
Surgery with neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy.
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For information about salvage therapy after observation for patients with stage I disease, see the following sections:
Surgery and Observation section of the Treatment Option Overview for Childhood Extracranial GCTs section.
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Surgery and observation (stage I) section of the Malignant testicular GCTs in prepubertal males section.
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Surgery and observation for prepubertal females (stage I following strict surgical staging guidelines) section of the Malignant nongerminomatous ovarian GCTs section.
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