Germ cell tumor screening

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Ovarian germ cell tumor:

Testicular germ cell tumor:

Germinoma:

  • According to the United States Preventive Services Task Force, screening for intracranial germ cell tumor (germinoma) is not recommended among the general population.[3]




References

  1. Grossman, David C.; Curry, Susan J.; Owens, Douglas K.; Barry, Michael J.; Davidson, Karina W.; Doubeni, Chyke A.; Epling, John W.; Kemper, Alex R.; Krist, Alex H.; Kurth, Ann E.; Landefeld, C. Seth; Mangione, Carol M.; Phipps, Maureen G.; Silverstein, Michael; Simon, Melissa A.; Tseng, Chien-Wen (2018). "Screening for Ovarian Cancer". JAMA. 319 (6): 588. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.21926. ISSN 0098-7484.
  2. Kemmer K, Corless CL, Fletcher JA, McGreevey L, Haley A, Griffith D, Cummings OW, Wait C, Town A, Heinrich MC (January 2004). "KIT mutations are common in testicular seminomas". Am. J. Pathol. 164 (1): 305–13. doi:10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63120-3. PMC 1602213. PMID 14695343.
  3. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/BrowseRec/Search?s=germinoma Accessed on January 26, 2016.