Extragonadal germ cell tumors: relation to testicular neoplasia and management options

1Tuebingen University Medical Center II, Tuebingen, Germany, 2The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3Centre Léon-Berard, GETUG, Lyon cedex, France, 4University of Halle, Halle, Germany, 5The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK, 6Klinikum Großhadern, Munich, Germany, 7Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany, 8Kaiser Franz Josef Spital, Vienna, Austria, 9Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA, 10Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

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