The majority of patients with advanced nonseminomatous germ-cell tumor are cured with combination chemotherapy and surgical resection of residual disease when appropriate. In patients with both ...

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. After five years with the disease, 98 percent of men were ...

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 ...

A month after contracting COVID-19 in January 2021, Nicholas Pastuovic was tired, had a severe cough, experienced hot flashes, and woke in the middle of the night “drenched with sweat.” He worried he ...

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 of ...