Non-epithelial ovarian cancers: how much do we really know?

A Cheung, S Shah, J Parker, P Soor, A Limbu… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Non-epithelial ovarian cancers (NEOC) are a group of uncommon malignancies that mainly
includes germ cell tumours (GCT), sex cord-stromal tumours (SCST), and some extremely …

[HTML][HTML] Testicular cancer: Determinants of cisplatin sensitivity and novel therapeutic opportunities

G de Vries, X Rosas-Plaza, MATM van Vugt… - Cancer Treatment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Testicular cancer (TC) is the most common solid tumor among men aged between 15 and
40 years. TCs are highly aneuploid and the 12p isochromosome is the most frequent …

Efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade monotherapy in clinical trials

B Zhao, H Zhao, J Zhao - Therapeutic advances in medical …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Inhibitors targeting programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and programmed death-
ligand 1 (PD-L1) have unprecedented effects in cancer treatment. However, the objective …

Clinical challenges in the management of malignant ovarian germ cell tumours

I Saani, N Raj, R Sood, S Ansari… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nonepithelial ovarian cancers (NEOC) are a group of rare malignancies, including germ cell
tumours (GCT) and sex cord-stromal tumours (SCST), along with small-cell carcinomas and …

Advances in diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer

M Chovanec, L Cheng - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Testicular cancer is a curable cancer. The success of physicians in curing the disease is
underpinned by multidisciplinary advances. Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy and …

Detailed characterization of immune cell infiltrate and expression of immune checkpoint molecules PD-L1/CTLA-4 and MMR proteins in testicular germ cell tumors …

J Lobo, Â Rodrigues, R Guimarães, M Cantante… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: The immune infiltrate plays an important part in testicular germ cell tumors, but
it remains scarcely studied. We aimed at thoroughly characterizing the immune infiltrate and …

Immunotherapy in testicular germ cell tumors

K Kalavska, S Schmidtova, M Chovanec… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) are malignancies with very high curative potential even
in metastatic settings, mainly due to the introduction of cisplatin in the treatment of this …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular biomarkers with potential clinical application in testicular cancer

J Lobo, AM Acosta, GJ Netto - Modern Pathology, 2023 - Elsevier
Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) and sex cord-stromal tumors (SCSTs) are the most
common testicular neoplasms. The morphological spectrum of such tumors is wide, with …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors for genitourinary cancers: treatment indications, investigational approaches and biomarkers

BW Labadie, AV Balar, JJ Luke - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have reshaped treatment paradigms of
multiple solid organ malignancies. In genitourinary malignancies (GU), ICI provide …

Pembrolizumab in patients with advanced metastatic germ cell tumors

AM Tsimberidou, HH Vo, V Subbiah, F Janku… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Lessons Learned Advanced germ cell tumors are aggressive and associated with
poor prognosis. Pembrolizumab was overall well tolerated in 12 heavily pretreated patients …