A retrospective study was performed on 69 @entity1 with @entity2971 who were treated at the Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital from 1990 to 2000. Median age was 15 years. Forty-two cases (60.87%) had histologically confirmed @entity3438 or @entity2971 . @entity3438 was the predominate histology followed by @entity2971 . Pineal and suprasellar regions were the two leading sites, @entity1276 (85.5%) and @entity892 (57.97%) were the two most common clinical presentations. Only 13 cases had the result of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology or magnetic resonance imagine (MRI) of the spine before initial treatment. Serum @entity5 markers, Alpha fetoprotein and beta- @entity1 chorionic gonadotropin, were available in 66.67 per cent. Total or partial @entity5 removal were feasible in 24 cases. Whole brain irradiation was given in almost all cases with the median dose of 3,600 cGy. The median total @entity5 dose was 5,400 cGy. Whole spine radiation was utilized in 17 cases. The mean follow-up time was 41 months. The five-year disease free survival was 73.59 per cent. Overall 3 and 5 year survival rates were 86.45 per cent and 81.64 per cent, respectively.

XXXX : experience in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['human', 'patients'] @entity1276 :: ('MESH:D006849', 'Disease') :: ['hydrocephalus'] @entity2971 :: ('MESH:D009373', 'Disease') :: ['intracranial germ cell tumors', 'mixed germ cell tumors', 'nongerminomatous germ cell tumors'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor'] @entity892 :: ('MESH:D004172', 'Disease') :: ['diplopia'] @entity3438 :: ('MESH:D018237', 'Disease') :: ['germinoma', 'Germinoma']
@entity2971 :: (MESH:D009373,Disease) :: ['Intracranial germ cell tumors']
