| Germ-cell tumor | |
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| Micrograph of a seminoma, a common germ cell tumor. | |
| Specialty | Oncology |
Germ cell tumor (GCT) is a neoplasm derived from the primordial germ cells.[1] Germ-cell tumors can be cancerous or benign. Germ cells normally occur inside the gonads (ovary[2] and testis). GCTs that originate outside the gonads may be birth defects resulting from errors during development of the embryo.
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- ^ Maoz A, Matsuo K, Ciccone MA, Matsuzaki S, Klar M, Roman LD, et al. (May 2020). "Molecular Pathways and Targeted Therapies for Malignant Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors and Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors: A Contemporary Review". Cancers. 12 (6): 1398. doi:10.3390/cancers12061398. PMC 7353025. PMID 32485873.