Diseases

Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal

Neoplasms composed of primordial GERM CELLS of embryonic GONADS or of elements of the germ layers of the EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in the gonads or present in an embryo or FETUS.

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Abstract

Neoplasms composed of primordial GERM CELLS of embryonic GONADS or of elements of the germ layers of the EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in the gonads or present in an embryo or FETUS.

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23 entry terms
  • Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms
  • Germ Cell and Embryonic Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonic
  • Cancer, Embryonal
  • Cancer, Embryonal and Mixed
  • Embryonal Neoplasms
  • Germ Cell Cancer
  • Germ Cell Neoplasms
  • Germ Cell Tumor
  • Neoplasms, Embryonal
  • Neoplasms, Embryonal and Mixed
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell
  • Cancer, Germ Cell
  • Cancers, Embryonal
  • Cancers, Germ Cell
  • Embryonal Cancer
  • Embryonal Cancers
  • Embryonal Neoplasm
  • Germ Cell Cancers
  • Germ Cell Tumors
  • Neoplasm, Embryonal
  • Tumor, Germ Cell
  • Tumors, Germ Cell

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

neoplasms composed of germ cells or embryonic tissue, NOT neoplasms located in germ cells or embryonic tissue; coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term

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History Note

1994 (1963); for GERM CELL TUMOR use GERMINOMA 1994-2005

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  1. C04w.557.465

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NLM Classification

QZ 310

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009373. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009373
  2. Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58833955