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Testicular cancers are predominantly [[germ cell tumours]]. | Testicular cancers are predominantly [[germ cell tumours]]. | ||
The 2022 WHO classification | ==The 2022 WHO classification== | ||
Testicular tumours are divided into the following groups:<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Moch H, Amin MB, Berney DM, Compérat EM, Gill AJ, Hartmann A, Menon S, Raspollini MR, Rubin MA, Srigley JR, Hoon Tan P, Tickoo SK, Tsuzuki T, Turajlic S, Cree I, Netto GJ |title=The 2022 World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs-Part A: Renal, Penile, and Testicular Tumours |journal=Eur Urol |volume=82 |issue=5 |pages=458–468 |date=November 2022 |pmid=35853783 |doi=10.1016/j.eururo.2022.06.016 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Germ cell tumours derived from germ cell neoplasia in situ. | *Germ cell tumours derived from germ cell neoplasia in situ. | ||
**Noninvasive germ cell neoplasia. | **Noninvasive germ cell neoplasia. | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 27 July 2025
Testicular cancer is a malignancy arising from the testis.
Testicular cancers are predominantly germ cell tumours.
The 2022 WHO classification
Testicular tumours are divided into the following groups:[1]
- Germ cell tumours derived from germ cell neoplasia in situ.
- Noninvasive germ cell neoplasia.
- Germinoma family of tumours.
- Nonseminomatous germ cell tumours.
- Mixed germ cell tumours of the testis.
- Germ cell tumours of unknown type.
- Germ cell tumours unrelated to germ cell neoplasia in situ.
- Sex-cord stromal tumours.
See also
- Testicular tumours.
- Genitourinary pathology.
- Testicular metastasis - cancer that originates from elsewhere and has spread to the testis.
References
- ↑ Moch H, Amin MB, Berney DM, Compérat EM, Gill AJ, Hartmann A, Menon S, Raspollini MR, Rubin MA, Srigley JR, Hoon Tan P, Tickoo SK, Tsuzuki T, Turajlic S, Cree I, Netto GJ (November 2022). "The 2022 World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs-Part A: Renal, Penile, and Testicular Tumours". Eur Urol 82 (5): 458–468. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2022.06.016. PMID 35853783.