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Testicular Cancer Reporting on Radical Orchiectomy and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection After Treatment

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The morphology of germ cell tumors changes after chemotherapy. Many are exquisitely chemo- and radiosensitive, and become entirely necrotic. Others show residual mature teratoma. A small minority show residual malignant disease and include unusual patterns, less frequently seen prior to orchidectomy. Late somatic transformation of testicular tumors may occur, leading to a variety of patterns with variable prognoses.

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  1. Dept of Molecular Oncology, Barts Cancer Inst., Bartshealth NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London, EC1M 7BQ, London, Charterhouse Sq, UK

    Prof. Daniel M. Berney

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Cristina Magi-Galluzzi

  2. Department of Pathology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Christopher G. Przybycin

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Berney, D. (2015). Testicular Cancer Reporting on Radical Orchiectomy and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection After Treatment. In: Magi-Galluzzi, C., Przybycin, C. (eds) Genitourinary Pathology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2044-0_36

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