A. Lindsay Frazier • James F. Amatruda
Editors

2014

Biology Treatment Survivorship

The clinical management of pediatric germ cell tumors (GCTs) carries with it a unique set of challenges. Incidence data show two distinct peaks in GCT incidence, one in young children ages 0–4 and another extending from the onset of puberty through young adulthood. The incidence of GCT among adolescents and young adults is rapidly increasing, for unclear reasons (Frazier and Amatruda 2009).