Adolescent and Young Adult Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: Special Considerations.
- Authors:
- Amanda F Saltzman,
- Nicholas G Cost
Adv Urol 2018 31;2018:2375176. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
While testicular germ cell tumors (T-GCTs) make up only 0.5% of pediatric malignancies and less than 2% of adult malignancies, they comprise 14% of adolescent malignancies, making it the most common solid tumor in this age group. The transition in incidence at this age is also accompanied by a transition in tumor histology with adolescents having mostly pure embryonal carcinoma and mixed nonseminomatous germ cell tumors. Read More