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Treatment depends on the location and type of cancer. In general, small seminomas are treated with radiation and chemotherapy largest followed by radiation. Nonseminomatous tumors usually are treated with chemotherapy followed by surgical removal of a larger tumor that remains even after chemotherapy.

Downtown area of ??the chest (mediastinum): seminomas are usually treated with high dose radiation and sometimes chemotherapy. Non-seminomas are treated with chemotherapy. Read the rest of this entry »

Duration

Unless treated, the tumors of extragonadal germ cell cancer continue to grow. Depending on where it is located, this cancer can eventually spread to the lungs, bones (especially bone) to the liver or other areas.

Prevention

There is no way to prevent cancerous tumors extragonadal germ cell tumors.

When To Call a Professional

Call your doctor whenever you or anyone in your family has some type of cancerous tumor symptom of extragonadal germ cell tumors. Because these tumors are rare, many cancer specialists are inexperienced in treating the disease. If diagnosed extragonadal germ cell tumor, ask your doctor about the availability of consulting a cancer center (where it is cancer) have enough experience. Read the rest of this entry »

Since extragonadal germ cell tumors are rare, your doctor will probably ask about common health problems that could be causing the symptoms. For example, if you have a cough, fever and difficulty breathing, your doctor may suspect a respiratory infection. The real cause of your condition may not be known until your doctor tells X-rays or ultrasound of the area of ??the body where the symptoms have manifested.

Your doctor will examine carefully and pay particular attention to the area where you have the symptoms. If you have symptoms of a tumor in the bottom of the column, the test may include a rectal exam and a pelvic exam for women. If you have symptoms of a pineal tumor, the test may include a neurological examination.

Your doctor will order various diagnostic tests depending on where you locate the tumor: Read the rest of this entry »

Symptoms depend on the location of the tumor:

- Downtown area of ??the chest (mediastinum): the germ cell cancers can cause chest pain, trouble breathing, coughing and fever. Commonly diagnosed in men between 20 and 30. Patients may also have bulging veins in the chest and neck as the initial manifestation of an abnormal growth in the chest.

- Lower back area (presacral region): A germ cell cancer tumor usually manifests as a bulge in the lower abdomen or buttocks of a baby or child. Depending on the size and location, the bump can cause difficulty walking, urinating or a bowel movement. Cancerous tumors and non-germ cell cancers are more common in children and adults. Tumors in children under 6 months are not cancerous in 98% of cases. Tumors in children older than 6 months are cancerous in about 65% of cases. Read the rest of this entry »

Germ cell tumors are formed from germ cells that normally mature into ova in the ovaries of women and as sperm in the testes of men. Ninety percent of all germ cell tumors develop in the ovaries and testes. In women, these are known as gonadal tumors. In men, are called germ cell tumors of the testis. The remaining 10% takes place outside of the gonads. These are called extragonadal germ cell tumors. The extragonadal germ cell tumors usually form in the chest, lower abdomen (retroperitoneum) lower and middle areas of the brain.

Many researchers believe that extragonadal germ cell tumors are associated with developmental problems that occur during birth. During embryonic development, germ cells usually move from a region about half the body to where they will eventually in the ovaries or testes. However, sometimes there is a problem and germ cells never reach their final destination. Instead, germ cells displaced are housed in the chest between the lungs, in the lower back area just above the buttocks or head near the pineal gland, the size of a pea, in the center of the brain . When displaced germ cells growing in these places, sometimes become tumors that may be noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant). Read the rest of this entry »