Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A malignant tumor of the testis arising from sperm-forming tissue.
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- noun medicine A form of
testicular cancer
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- noun malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Slide 16: CHOICE OF DOSE In radical radiotherapy choice of dose & fractionation regimen depends on following factors: - Radio sensitivity of tumor - e.g. radiosensitive tumor such as seminoma can be controlled by total dose of 30Gy / 4wks While for moderately sensitive sq. cell ca. of head & neck higher doses of the order of 50-60Gy in 5-6wks is used.
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These cells subsequently lose and rearrange their chromosomes to first generate a seminoma and then the more malignant and pluripotent EC cells, which stabilize at an approximately 3n DNA content
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Outi Hovatta et al. 2010
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Imaging: Chest radiography not needed in seminoma surveillance
Naturejobs - All Jobs Katrina Ray 2010
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Imaging: Chest radiography not needed in seminoma surveillance
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Imaging: Chest radiography not needed in seminoma surveillance
Naturejobs - All Jobs Katrina Ray 2010
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Especially in Britain, male patients are thankful for carboplatin's effects. 40 to 45 percent of men in England that have testicular cancer are plagued with seminoma.
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Studies have found that carboplatin is a safer drug for the first stage testicular cancer, seminoma, than taking the process of radiotherapy.
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Aberrant hypomethylation at this locus is one cause of Silver-Russell syndrome-a disease of asymmetry or hemihypertrophy associated with increased risk of malignancies including craniopharyngioma, testicular seminoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and Wilms tumor
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ian M. Smith et al. 2009
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Over the last 20-40 years, reports in the literature indicate a decrease in the quality of sperm and an increase in the frequency of testicular malignancies (especially seminoma) [6] - [8].
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Xiaoning Peng et al. 2009
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The non-seminoma subtype represents tumors of mixed histology, including embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, and polyembryoma, choriocarcinoma, or yolk sac tumor
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Xiaoning Peng et al. 2009
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