Malignant Extracranial Germ Cell Tumours: A First National
Report by the South African Children’s Cancer Study Group
Marc Hendricks, CMOPaed(SA)1, Annibale Cois,
PhD2,13, Jennifer Geel,
CMOPaed(SA)3, Johan du Plessis,
MPhil4, Mairi Bassingthwaighte,
CMOPaed(SA)5, Gita Naidu, PhD5,
Biance Rowe, CMOPaed(SA)5, Ané Büchner,
MPhil6, Fareed Omar, CMOPaed(SA)6,
Karla Thomas, CMOPaed(SA)7, Ronelle Uys,
MBChB8, Anel van Zyl, CMOPaed(SA)8,
Jaques van Heerden, PhD8,12, Ngoakoana Mahlachana,
CMOPaed(SA)5, Johani Vermeulen,
CMOPaed(SA)9, Alan Davidson, MPhil1,
A. Lindsay Frazier L, MD10, Kirsty Donald,
PhD11, Mariana Kruger M, PhD8.
1Haematology Oncology Service, Department of
Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s
Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
2Division of Health Systems and Public Health,
Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South
Africa.
3Division of
Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Department of Paediatrics and Child
Health, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
4Division of Paediatric Haematology Oncology,
Department of Paediatrics, Universitas Hospital, University of the Free
State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
5Division of Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Chris
Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of Witwatersrand, Soweto,
South Africa.
6Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Department of
Paediatrics, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria,
Tshwane, South Africa.
7 Paediatric
Haematology Oncology, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Frere
Hospital, East London, South Africa.
8Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Department of
Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
9Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Department of
Paediatrics and Child Health, Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital, Walter
Sisulu University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
10Paediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute /
Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorder Centre, Harvard University,
Boston, USA.
11Division of Developmental Paediatrics, Department of
Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s
Hospital, and the Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape
Town, South Africa.
12Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Department of
Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University
Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
13Division of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family
Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
*Correspondence to:
Marc Hendricks, MBChB, FCPaed(SA), CMOPaed(SA). Room 48, G1 OPD,
Haematology Oncology Service, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s
Hospital, Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch, South Africa, 7700. Tel: +27
82 870 2260, Email: Marc.Hendricks@uct.ac.za
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Abstract word count 244;
Brief running title: Paediatric MEGCTs in South Africa: A First National
Report
Key words: Paediatric malignant extracranial germ cell tumours
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