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 ...

Testicular cancer begins in your testes, the male reproductive organ. Which treatment your doctor will choose to treat it is based on the type of cancer you have and if it has spread. The majority of ...

Most testicular cancers start in cells known as germ cells and are called germ cell tumours. Germ cells in men produce sperm. Testicular germ cell tumours can develop from germ cell neoplasia in situ ...

March 27, 2009 (Stockholm, Sweden) — The free subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)ß, known to be associated with aggressive renal cancers, might provide clinically valuable information about ...

Despite its alarming appearance, spermatocytic seminoma virtually never metastasizes. We hypothesized that this paradox may at least be partially related to increased apoptosis compared to ...

Cancer/testis-antigens (CTAs) are specifically expressed in human malignancies and testis tissue, but their molecular functions are poorly understood. CTAs serve as regulators of gene expression, cell ...

Mediastinal seminoma is a rare germ cell tumor that develops between the lungs Survival rates are high with modern chemotherapy Early diagnosis and specialised treatment are critical Mediastinal ...

Comparison of serum miR-371a-3p assay performance by digital droplet PCR and reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR in patients with malignant germ cell tumor. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from ...

Seminomas and nonseminomas make up most cases of testicular cancer, but there are other rare types. The differences between types can affect how quickly they spread and how doctors treat them.