Current Research

Research for germ cell tumors is ongoing. The following advances may still be under investigation in clinical trials and may not be approved or available at this current time. Always discuss all diagnostic and treatment options with your child’s doctor.

Combination chemotherapy. Clinical trials are underway to investigate new combinations of chemotherapy to treat extracranial, extragonadal germ cell tumors. For example, one study is evaluating the use of cyclophosphamide with cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin in children newly diagnosed with this type of tumor.