Carcinoma in situ of testicular tissue adjacent to malignant germ-cell tumors: A study of 105 cases

✍ Scribed by Grete Krag Jacobsen; Ole Boll Henriksen; Hans V. Der Maase

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 296 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810601)47:11<2660::aid-cncr2820471123>3.0.co;2-6

✦ Synopsis

Examination of histologic specimens from 105 patients with malignant germ-cell tumors of the testis confirms a high incidence of carcinoma in situ in seminiferous tubules adjacent to the tumors. The assumption that carcinoma in situ may be the origin of germ-cell tumors is supported.