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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Neurological complications of malignant germ cell tumors of testis: biology of brain metastases (I).
Cancer 1979 December
Central nervous system metastases are a common complication of disseminated germ cell tumors of the testis. They occurred in 16% of 242 patients treated and in 25% of the patients who died in our VAB chemotherapy series. Pulmonary metastases preceded or coincided with the development of brain metastases. The frequency of brain metastases differed with the histology of the primary tumor. They occurred in 13% of pure embryonal carcinomas, 18% of mixed tumors containing embryonal or choriocarcinoma elements, and 83% of pure choriocarcinomas. Embryonal carcinoma and choriocarcinoma were the principle histologies found in brain metastases. Characteristically, pure choriocarcinoma deposits in the brain were multiple (8/9) and cerebellar involvement was common (5/9). Pure embryonal carcinoma CNS metastases were typically single (6/8) or very few and cerebellar involvement was not observed. The interval from the diagnosis of malignancy to the diagnosis of brain metastases was longer for embryonal carcinoma than for pure choriocarcinoma (23 mos. vs. 6.5 mos.). Survival following the diagnosis of brain metastases was poor. There was a tendency toward longer survival for histologically pure embryonal carcinoma deposits in the brain than for the pure choriocarcinomas (6.5 mos. vs. 1 mo.).
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