Testicular cancer classification

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Germ cell tumors of the testis

Main article: Germ cell tumor

• Mixed (usually teratoma plus another)
• Seminoma (germinoma of the testis)
• Embryonal carcinoma
• Teratoma (pure)
• Choriocarcinoma
• Gonadoblastoma

Also: Intratubular germ cell neoplasms (the in-situ stage of germ cell tumors)

Non-germ cell tumors of the testis

• Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor (usually benign)
• Gonadoblastomas

Secondary tumors of the testis

• Lymphoma
• Leukemic infiltration of the testis
• Metastatic tumors

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