Successful treatment of primary mediastinal choriocarcinoma with lung metastasis in a 13-year-old male

Pediatric Blood & CancerEarly View e30765 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Successful treatment of primary mediastinal choriocarcinoma with lung metastasis in a 13-year-old male Jian Li, Jian Li orcid.org/0000-0001-5178-793X Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorLulu He, Lulu He Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorLi Zhou, Corresponding Author Li Zhou [email protected] Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China Correspondence Tao Li, Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Code 8, Jiangdongnan Road, Nanjing city, Jiangsu province, China. Email: [email protected] Li Zhou, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorTao Li, Corresponding Author Tao Li [email protected] Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China Correspondence Tao Li, Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Code 8, Jiangdongnan Road, Nanjing city, Jiangsu province, China. Email: [email protected] Li Zhou, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Jian Li, Jian Li orcid.org/0000-0001-5178-793X Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorLulu He, Lulu He Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorLi Zhou, Corresponding Author Li Zhou [email protected] Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China Correspondence Tao Li, Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Code 8, Jiangdongnan Road, Nanjing city, Jiangsu province, China. Email: [email protected] Li Zhou, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorTao Li, Corresponding Author Tao Li [email protected] Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China Correspondence Tao Li, Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Code 8, Jiangdongnan Road, Nanjing city, Jiangsu province, China. Email: [email protected] Li Zhou, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 12 November 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.30765 Li Zhou and Tao Li are equal corresponding authors. 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