Germ Cell Tumors

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Background information on Germ Cell Tumors

Germ cell tumours are neoplasms derived from germ cells. In females, germ cell tumours account for 30% of ovarian tumours, but only 1 to 3% of ovarian carcinomas in North America. In younger women germ cell lesions are more common, thus in patients under the age of 21, 60% of ovarian tumours are of the germ cell type, and up to one-third are malignant. In males, germ cell tumours occur typically after puberty and are malignant (testicular cancer). Germ cell tumours may develop outside of the gonads.
News Articles on Germ Cell Tumors



Children's Oncology Group, Adherex Technologies Announce ...  -  26 Mar 2008
AScribe (press release)...loss in children receiving cisplatin chemotherapy for newly diagnosed germ cell tumors, hepatoblastoma, medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma or osteoscarcoma.

NCCN Updates Ovarian Cancer Guidelines  -  Feb 26, 2008
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),The other major update to these guidelines is that the treatment regimens for ovarian cancer, germ cell tumors and ovarian stromal tumors have been expanded

Biocept Announces Study to Isolate Circulating Tumor Cells from Blood  -  Dec 3, 2007
Earthtimes,Most ovarian cancers are either ovarian epithelial carcinomas (cancer that begins in the cells on the surface of the ovary) or malignant germ cell tumors

Update On Testicular Cancer  -  Dec 10, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Germ cell tumors have the capacity to differentiate, which has biological and clinical implications. Dr. Carver presented the data on teratoma.

sonographic findings of testicular involvement of neuroblastoma  -  Nov 20, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)...shortened further. the most common tumors of childhood involving this site are germ cell tumors, non-hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, and rhabdomyosarcoma.

Beyond the Abstract - Extragonadal Retroperitoneal Germ Cell Tumor ...  -  Oct 11, 2007
UroToday,The histogenetic origin of primary extragonadal germ cell tumors is still a matter of debate and it remains uncertain whether such tumors develop primary at

Testicular cancer: signs doctors look for  -  Oct 11, 2007
Big Bear Grizzly,This symptom occurs because certain types of germ cell tumors secrete high levels of a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), which stimulates

New Hope for Ovarian Cancer Patients Seeking Motherhood After ...  -  Sep 5, 2007
PR Web (press release),More recently, Texas A&M researchers conducted a retrospective of 71 women diagnosed with ovarian germ cell tumors - a rare cancer of the eggs themselves

Women with malignant ovarian germ cell tumors could maintain fertility  -  Aug 6, 2007
TopCancerNews.com,Women with malignant ovarian germ cell tumors who undergo surgery intended to preserve fertility, in addition to platinum-based chemotherapy, are likely to

Survivors Of Rare Ovarian Cancer Retain Fertility, Have Positive ...  -  Jun 30, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Germ cell tumors, a disease in which malignant cells form in the germ (or egg) of the ovary, constitute just five percent of all ovarian cancers diagnosed,

Results of VEGF trap (aflibercept) highlighted at ASCO 2007 annual ...  -  Jun 3, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),Most ovarian cancers are either ovarian epithelial carcinomas (cancer that begins in the cells on the surface of the ovary) or malignant germ cell tumors

Ten-year-old Dayana Audon loses battle with cancer  -  27 Apr 2007
Almaden Times Weekly,...was realized a few months ago when Garcia discovered that her beautiful little girl was growing a form of cancer in her stomach called Germ Cell Tumors.

Incidence Of Testicular Germ Cell Cancers In US Children  -  Apr 22, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...to determine whether the incidence trends of prepubertal testicular germ cell tumors have risen similarly to those seen in the adult testicular tumors.

Occult Testicular Teratoma Presenting With Solid Mesenteric Metastasis  -  Apr 25, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Testicular tumors are classified into seminomas, spermatocytic seminomas, and nonseminomatous germ cell tumors, which include mature teratomas,

Incidence of cancer in children residing in 10 jurisdictions of ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
BMC Pediatrics,Germ-cell tumors had high incidence. The North American-European pattern of cancers was the principal one found; the overall incidence was within the range

1000 Ovarian Cancer Deaths In The UK Caused By HRT, Says New Study  -  Apr 20, 2007
Medical News Today,Most ovarian cancers either begin on the surface of the ovary (ovarian epithelial carcinomas), or in the egg cells (malignant germ cell tumors).

Mediastinal mature teratoma with complex rupture into the pleura ...  -  Mar 29, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryMediastinal mature teratoma (MMT) is an uncommon neoplasm in children, accounting for only 4.3% of all germ cell tumors. 1-3 It may cause stridor and

Ovarian cancer : 'The disease that whispers'  -  Mar 25, 2007
Annapolis Capital,...ovarian cancer "is an 'umbrella cancer' for epithelial cancer in menopausal women and other cancers like germ cell tumors and sexcordstromal tumors.

Poor-Prognosis Germ Cell Tumors: We Have Not Yet Crossed The ...  -  Feb 19, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),UroToday.com- Despite the dramatic impact of cisplatin-based chemotherapy on the treatment of testicular cancer as a whole, a small percentage of patients

Intensive Chemotherapy Regimen Shows Promise for Germ Cell Tumors  -  Feb 1, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),For patients with metastatic germ cell tumors and a poor or intermediate prognosis, an intensive induction chemotherapy regimen produced promising results

Long-Term Clinical Outcome After Postchemotherapy Retroperitoneal ...  -  Feb 19, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),UroToday.com- Patient with residual masses after chemotherapy for mixed germ cell tumors should undergo retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy to address the

Towards A Non-Invasive Method For Early Detection Of Testicular ...  -  Feb 1, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Semen was stained from 294 infertile patients and 209 patient's testicular germ cell tumors. AP-2[gamma]-stained cells was detected in 50% of participants

Spinal Cord and Spinal Column Tumors: Principles and Practice  -  Feb 12, 2007
AJNR (subscription),...a clear explanation and demonstration of the differentiation of Schwannomas from neurofibromas, neuroblastic tumors, and various germ cell tumors;

Incidence Of Testicular Germ Cell Cancers In US Children: SEER ...  -  Dec 18, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),...from Seattle, Washington analyzed the population-based cohort to determine whether the incidence trends of prepubertal testicular germ cell tumors have risen ...

Sonographic and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Appearance of a Burned ...  -  Dec 20, 2006
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Because primary extragonadal germ cell tumors are rare, the biopsy-proven identification of a germ cell neoplasm in a retroperitoneal, visceral, or mediastinal ...

Incidence of Testicular Germ Cell Cancers in US Children: SEER ...  -  Dec 11, 2006
UroToday,...from Seattle, Washington analyzed the population-based cohort to determine whether the incidence trends of prepubertal testicular germ cell tumors have risen ...

Letters: Elections  -  Nov 3, 2006
The Reporter,...embryonic stem cells in animals result in tumors being formed because they have the potential to grow uncontrolled and form germ cell tumors, a potentially ...

Trial stem-cell program now permanent  -  Oct 27, 2006
Spokane Journal of Business,...gives patients with Hodgkin’s disease, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, multiple myeloma, acute myelogenous leukemia, and certain germ-cell tumors a chance at long ...



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