Testicular Germ-Cell Cancer

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Approximately 95 percent of malignant tumors arising in the testis are germ-cell tumors, a term that indicates their origin in primordial germ cells. Germ-cell tumors also occasionally arise in extragonadal primary sites, and their management follows that of testicular germ-cell tumors. More than 90 percent of patients with newly diagnosed germ-cell tumors are cured, and delay in diagnosis correlates with a...

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