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Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
neoplasms composed of germ cells or embryonic tissue, NOT neoplasms located in germ cells or embryonic tissue; coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term
Scope Note
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.
Entry Version
NEOPL GERM CELL EMBRYONAL
Entry Term(s)
Cancer, Embryonal
Cancer, Embryonal and Mixed
Embryonal Neoplasms
Germ Cell Cancer
Germ Cell Neoplasms
Germ Cell Tumor
Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms
Germ Cell and Embryonic Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Embryonal
Neoplasms, Embryonal and Mixed
Neoplasms, Germ Cell
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonic
NLM Classification #
QZ 310
Public MeSH Note
1994; see NEOPLASMS, EMBRYONAL AND MIXED 1963-1993; for GERM CELL TUMOR see GERMINOMA 1994-2005
History Note
1994 (1963); for GERM CELL TUMOR use GERMINOMA 1994-2005
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.