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Nine tumors were suprasellar, five pineal, and two bifocal. Four were metastatic. Eight patients had slightly elevated beta subunit human chorionic gonadotropin and 11 patients had resection\/biopsy. Fifteen patients received chemotherapy; mostly carboplatin (450\u00a0mg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>)\/etoposide, which had low toxicity. All patients received radiotherapy (different doses and fields). At median follow\u2010up of 7.7\u00a0years, one tumor recurred (progression\u2010free survival: 91%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a08%). Twelve patients who continued follow\u2010up had stable visual and endocrine deficits to their initial presentation. Five finished or are finishing diploma and seven had poor school performance (four left school). Six patients were diagnosed with nongerminomatous germ cell tumor; median symptom duration was 1\u00a0month. Three tumors were pineal, two suprasellar, and one at quadrigeminal plate. Three were metastatic. Five tested patients had high tumor markers and four had resection\/biopsy. All patients received chemotherapy, and then five received craniospinal radiation. Two patients are alive, two died with tumor progression, one died in remission with electrolyte imbalance, and one developed leukemia and died with septic shock.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>We achieved excellent survival in treating germinoma using a feasible protocol for low middle\u2010income countries. However, patients encountered significant morbidities exacerbated by delayed diagnosis and unnecessary surgical interventions despite abnormal tumor markers. 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