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What Causes Immature Teratoma With History Of Testicular Cancer?

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Question : They think I may have indiffrent teratoma in my preortic lympth nides, I am 11 years clear of testicular cancer, this was found by mistake. Could removing the nodes cure it?
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Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
sure, its curable

Detailed Answer:
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Thanks for your query.

Testicular cancer patients sometimes relapse as immature teratoma. Usually it is localized and serum tumor markers are normal. If these are high then probably malignant disease is also present.

Otherwise surgery should cure it. If on the final biopsy malignant disease is found then chemo will be required.

Hope this helps. I will be available to answer further follow up queries, if any.
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What Causes Immature Teratoma With History Of Testicular Cancer?

Brief Answer: sure, its curable Detailed Answer: Hi Thanks for your query. Testicular cancer patients sometimes relapse as immature teratoma. Usually it is localized and serum tumor markers are normal. If these are high then probably malignant disease is also present. Otherwise surgery should cure it. If on the final biopsy malignant disease is found then chemo will be required. Hope this helps. I will be available to answer further follow up queries, if any.