Updates in Staging and Reporting of Testicular Cancer

Martin J Magers; Muhammad T Idrees

doi:10.1016/j.path.2018.07.005

Updates in Staging and Reporting of Testicular Cancer

Surg Pathol Clin. 2018 Dec;11(4):813-824. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2018.07.005.

Authors

Martin J Magers¹, Muhammad T Idrees²

Affiliations

¹ Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 350 West 11th Street, Room 4010, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
² Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 350 West 11th Street, Room 4010, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Electronic address: midrees@iupui.edu.

PMID: 30447843
DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2018.07.005

Abstract

The American Joint Committee for Cancer eighth edition staging manual incorporated several critical changes regarding staging of testis germ cell tumors, and these changes are summarized and discussed in this article. Further challenges, however, remain, and these are also highlighted.

Keywords: Paratestis; Scrotum; TNM classification; Testis; Tunica vaginalis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biomarkers, Tumor / blood
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Male
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Staging
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / classification
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology*
Prognosis
Risk Assessment
Testicular Neoplasms / classification
Testicular Neoplasms / pathology*
Testis / anatomy & histology
Testis / pathology

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor

Supplementary concepts

Testicular Germ Cell Tumor