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TUMOUR NORMAL<br />

Gastrula<br />

PGC<br />

2n<br />

Imprint<br />

erasure<br />

Foetal gonad<br />

Fig. 5.55 Normal and neoplastic male germ cell development. The division of a precursor cell, the spermatocyte (4n), produces 4 sperm cells each with one<br />

set of chromosomes (1n). The fusion of egg and sperm to form the zygote doubles the number of chromosomes to the normal complement (2n). Aberrant development<br />

may produce a cell which has twice the normal chromosomal complement (4n). CIS = carcinoma in situ, GCT = germ cell tumour, PGC = primordial<br />

germ cell.<br />

ing countries is only 42% to 61%, an indication<br />

of limited access to appropriate<br />

therapy [13].<br />

Seminoma<br />

Stage I disease, confined to the testis, is<br />

managed by post-operative radiotherapy<br />

to the retroperitoneal nodes which<br />

reduces risk of recurrence from about<br />

20% to 2%. Patients who relapse either<br />

during surveillance or after radiation are<br />

reliably cured with chemotherapy or radiation<br />

at the time of relapse. Normal levels<br />

of alpha-fetoprotein, the presence of any<br />

human chorionic gonadotrophin or any<br />

lactic dehydrogenase are good prognostic<br />

factors. Patients with abdominal involve-<br />

BIRTH PUBERTY FERTILIZATION<br />

Apoptosis<br />

Postnatal gonad<br />

Mitosis Mitosis Mitosis<br />

Gonocyte<br />

2n<br />

Spermatogonium<br />

2n<br />

Spermatogonium<br />

2n<br />

Spermatocyte<br />

4n<br />

Recombination<br />

checkpoint<br />

Cyclin D2 p53<br />

Aberrant chromatid exchange<br />

12p Amplification (↑ Cyclin D2)<br />

Transformation<br />

Apoptosis rescue<br />

ment from seminoma should receive<br />

either radiation therapy (5 cm<br />

bulk disease).<br />

Nonseminoma<br />

Patients with local nonseminoma confined<br />

to the testis should be offered either<br />

aggressive surveillance or nerve-sparing<br />

retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.<br />

Surveillance requires monthly chest Xrays<br />

and assay of markers and two-monthly<br />

abdominal CT scans for one year. In the<br />

second year following diagnosis, chest Xray<br />

and assay of tumour markers should<br />

be carried out every six months and CT<br />

performed every three months. Good<br />

Sperm<br />

1n<br />

Gamete<br />

imprinting<br />

Zygote<br />

2n<br />

CIS<br />

4n<br />

Maternal host<br />

Mitosis<br />

Mitosis<br />

Embryo<br />

2n<br />

Apoptosis<br />

Embryonal<br />

imprinting<br />

Body plan<br />

Cell fate<br />

Differentiation<br />

GCT<br />

±4n<br />

Apoptosis<br />

Aberrant<br />

Imprinting<br />

Cell fate<br />

Differentiation<br />

prognostic factors include low levels of<br />

alpha-fetoprotein (

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