Methods: This study included 53 patients with retroperitoneal teratoma (7 chemotherapy naïve and 46 with postchemotherapy teratoma) and 20 patients with viable postchemotherapy germ cell tumor from ...

Most patients achieve a complete remission, either with chemotherapy alone or with postchemotherapy resection of germ cell cancer or teratoma. Although relapse beyond 2 years is uncommon (2%-3% of ...

But young adults also can get them. Testicular germ cell cancers are the most common form of cancer in young men ages 15 to 30. Germ cell cancer signs and symptoms The symptoms of germ cell cancers ...

DOI: 10.1111/joim.13778 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).

A teratoma is a type of germ cell tumour that starts in your reproductive cells, like eggs and sperm. According to experts, most of the teratomas are benign but sometimes they can become malignant ...

Tumor cells circulating in the blood are the 'germ cells' of breast cancer metastases. They are very rare and could not be propagated in the culture dish until now, which made research into ...

Dec. 18, 2008 -- A doctor in Colorado found a surprise when removing what he thought was a benign growth from a newborn's brain. Instead of a microscopic tumor, out popped a tiny foot, partially ...

“In humans, failure to migrate to the ovary or testes can compromise fertility and lead to the formation of germ cell tumors.” But how do primordial germ cells reach their target? Barton, a ...