Testicular germ cell tumor: a comprehensive review

A Batool, N Karimi, XN Wu, SR Chen, YX Liu - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2019 - Springer
Testicular tumors are the most common tumors in adolescent and young men and germ cell
tumors (TGCTs) account for most of all testicular cancers. Increasing incidence of TGCTs …

[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 …

Judicious toggling of mTOR activity to combat insulin resistance and cancer: current evidence and perspectives

PS Ong, LZ Wang, X Dai, SH Tseng, SJ Loo… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), via its two distinct multiprotein complexes,
mTORC1, and mTORC2, plays a central role in the regulation of cellular growth, metabolism …

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 …

Programmed cell death, redox imbalance, and cancer therapeutics

X Dai, D Wang, J Zhang - Apoptosis, 2021 - Springer
Cancer cells are disordered by nature and thus featured by higher internal redox level than
healthy cells. Redox imbalance could trigger programmed cell death if exceeded a certain …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of cisplatin sensitivity and resistance in testicular germ cell tumors

R Singh, Z Fazal, SJ Freemantle… - Cancer drug …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) are a cancer pharmacology success story with a
majority of patients cured even in the highly advanced and metastatic setting. Successful …

Phase II study of avelumab in multiple relapsed/refractory germ cell cancer

M Mego, D Svetlovska, M Chovanec, M Rečkova… - Investigational new …, 2019 - Springer
Summary Background Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are highly curable diseases; however, not
all patients can be cured. Patients in their second relapse have especially poor prognoses …

[HTML][HTML] Response to anti-programmed cell death protein-1 antibodies in men treated for platinum refractory germ cell cancer relapsed after high-dose chemotherapy …

S Zschäbitz, F Lasitschka, B Hadaschik… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Treatment options for patients with platinum refractory metastatic germ cell
tumours (GCT) relapsing after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell …

Contemporary management of ovarian germ cell tumors and remaining controversies

JT Veneris, P Mahajan, AL Frazier - Gynecologic Oncology, 2020 - Elsevier
Ovarian germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare in adults, but are more common in adolescents
and young adults. Contemporary management of ovarian GCTs is evolving as collaboration …

Overcoming chemotherapy resistance in germ cell tumors

Z Országhová, K Kalavska, M Mego, M Chovanec - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Testicular germ cell tumors (GCTs) are highly curable malignancies. Excellent survival rates
in patients with metastatic disease can be attributed to the exceptional sensitivity of GCTs to …