Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Key Takeaways Epithelial ovarian carcinoma is the most common type of ovarian cancer.Germ cell tumors often affect teenagers and young adults.Stromal tumors are ...

The majority of patients with advanced nonseminomatous germ-cell tumor are cured with combination chemotherapy and surgical resection of residual disease when appropriate. In patients with both ...

Germ cell development and oogenesis represent central processes in the reproduction of invertebrates, exhibiting remarkable diversity in cellular architecture, developmental mechanisms and functional ...

Prognostic value of circulating cell-free DNA in association with choriocarcinoma syndrome development in patients with germ cell tumors. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO ...

Although pediatric cancer is rare, it is the leading cause of death by disease in children, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Over 16,000 children in the United States are ...

Non-seminoma is a type of germ-cell testicular cancer. Treatment may include surgery to remove a testicle, lymph node removal, and chemotherapy. Most cases of testicular cancer develop from germ cells ...

Women with a type of ovarian cancer known as germ cell tumors have a worse prognosis than men with similar tumors, i.e. testicular cancer. After five years with the disease, 98 percent of men were ...

(a) Overgrowth of round cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm in a sheet-like growth pattern. Note the residual teratomatous (glandular) component in the right upper corner. (b) High-power view of the ...

Testicular germ cell tumors are on the rise in the US. The incidence among Hispanic men now surpasses that of non-Hispanic White men, who have historically had the highest incidence. The incidence of ...

Teratomas are embryonal tumors that arise in the germ cells and contain different types of tissues, including bone, teeth, hair, and muscle. 1 Scientists have classified teratomas as a rare type of ...