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.
Synonyms: Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal, Germ Cell and Embryonic Neoplasms, Embryonal Cancers, Germ Cell Tumors, Embryonal Neoplasm, Tumors, Germ Cell, Embryonal Cancer, Cancer, Embryonal and Mixed, Germ Cell Neoplasms, Neoplasms, Embryonal and Mixed, Germ Cell Tumor, Tumor, Germ Cell, Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonic, Neoplasm, Embryonal, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms, Cancers, Germ Cell, Cancers, Embryonal, Germ Cell Cancer, Germ Cell Cancers, Embryonal Neoplasms, Cancer, Embryonal, Neoplasms, Embryonal, Cancer, Germ Cell, Neoplasms, Germ Cell
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neoplasms composed of germ cells or embryonic tissue, NOT neoplasms located in germ cells or embryonic tissue; coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term ,1994; see NEOPLASMS, EMBRYONAL AND MIXED 1963-1993; for GERM CELL TUMOR see GERMINOMA 1994-2005 ,1994 (1963); for GERM CELL TUMOR use GERMINOMA 1994-2005
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