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1. Testicular cancer
(Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Testicular cancer is cancer that starts in the testicles, the male reproductive glands located in the scrotum. Reviewer: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
2. Cancer of the Testes -- Information from the Merck Manual
Among the types of cancer that develop in the testes are seminoma, teratoma, embryonal carcinoma, and choriocarcinoma. Occasionally, blood vessels rupture within the tumor, yielding a suddenly enlarged, severely painful swelling. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec21/ch238/ch238h.html#sec21-ch238-ch238h-54
3. eMedicine - Germ Cell Tumors : Article by Mansoor Javeed, MD, FACP
germ cell tumors, GCT, testicular cancer, seminoma, embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, choriocarcinoma, yolk sac tumor  . Yolk sac tumors typically present as a large primary tumor. Pure choriocarcinoma and pure yolk sac tumors are extremely rare. http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic863.htm
4. The new WHO Classification of Tumors affecting the Central Nervous System
Yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus tumor) Choriocarcinoma Teratoma Mixed germ cell tumors. Pineocytoma Pineoblastoma Mixed pineocytoma/pineoblastoma Tumors with neuroblastic or glioblastic elements (embryonal tumors) Medulloepithelioma Primitive... http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/newwhobt.htm |
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