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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal

Preferred term

Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms
  • Germ Cell and Embryonic Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonic

Note

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

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009373

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