Germ cell tumors aren’t always cancer, but they can be. Learn what causes them, what to look for, and how they’re treated.

PDQ® Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board. PDQ Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors Treatment. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. Accessed 06/07/2018. Managing extragonadal germ cell tumors in ...

A Murfreesboro 15-month-old’s parents are now hoping for a miracle as their son fights for his life in the hospital. When we ...

Testicular germ cell tumors (GCTs) are the most common malignancies in young men aged 15–35. Despite the high cure rate of over 90%, the prognosis drastically worsens when somatic-type ...

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

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 ...

Benign germ cell ovarian tumours . Mature teratomas are the most common type of ovarian germ cell tumour. They are non cancerous (benign). Mature teratoma is also often called an ovarian dermoid cyst.