纵隔GCT(M-GCT)或胸腺GCT(T-GCT)?同样重要的是要强调的是纵隔GCT一词的持续使用,虽然这一术语是恰当的,但可能并不意味着M-GCT可能来自胸腺。因此,更好的命名法可能是胸腺GCT(T-GCT),就像我们用它来治疗胸腺癌或其他肿瘤一样。
Also important to highlight is the continuous usage of the term mediastinal GCT, which although appropriate, perhaps does not convey that M-GCT are likely to be of thymic origin. Thus, the better nomenclature may be that of thymic-GCT (T-GCT), just the same as we use it for thymic carcinoma or other tumors in that region.
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