Cancers, Vol. 14, Pages 1127: Very Late Recurrence in Germ Cell Tumor of the Testis: Lessons and Implications

Conclusions. Patients with LR > 5 years tend to harbor nonseminoma (with yolk sac tumor and or teratoma). Among these patients, a majority who did not undergo surgery to remove residual disease after chemotherapy developed somatic transformation and succumbed to their LR.

Source: Cancers - February 23, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Joseph A. Moore Rebecca S. Slack Michael J. Lehner Matthew T. Campbell Amishi Y. Shah Miao Zhang Charles C. Guo John F. Ward Jose A. Karam Christopher G. Wood Louis L. Pisters Shi-Ming Tu Tags: Article Source Type: research