Germ cells and sex cord stromal cells form when a fetus (baby) is developing. A fetus is made from a sperm cell and an egg cell. Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are also known as germ cell cancer. Germ cells ...

When the baby from Murfreesboro started showing cold symptoms and teething issues in late December, his mom, Jessica Chambers ...

Surgery is the first step in most treatment plans and is the treatment for early-stage testicular cancer. MSK surgeons do more than 200 testicular procedures each year. Surgery may be the only ...

There are different types of testicular cancer. The type of cancer depends on which type of cell it started in. Knowing the type helps your doctor decide which treatment you need. Most testicular ...

Elena was diagnosed with ovarian germ cell cancer at just the age of 17. She was in her first year of studying medicine at ...

Evaluating Paediatric Oncology Operative Reports as an Impetus for Synoptic Reports,” published in the February 2025 issue of Pediatrics by Petrushkevich et al. This study aims to audit pediatric ...

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 ...

Germ cell brain tumors are rare brain tumors that account for 2–3% of all primary intracranial tumors. They develop in the pineal or suprasellar region of the brain.

The testicles are made up of different types of cells. The type of cancer you have depends on the type of cell the cancer starts in. Most testicular cancers develop in germ cells. These are the cells ...