A study conducted by the Molecular Oncology Research Center (CPOM) at Hospital de Amor in Barretos (formerly Barretos Cancer Hospital) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, has identified possible ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seminomas and nonseminomas make up most cases of testicular cancer, but there are other rare types. The differences between types can affect how quickly they spread and how doctors treat them.

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, ...