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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News Daily News – New research on Oncology - Germ Cell T umors is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Nor wich, United Kingdom, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Primary mediastin al malignant germ cell tumours are rare, comprising only 1-4% of m ediastinal tumours, of which 50-70% are non-seminomatous germ cell tumours. Non-seminomatous germ cell tumours typically demonstrate an excellent response to cisplatin-based chemotherapy.” The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Norfolk and Norwich U niversity Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, “However, in some cases, tumours may p ersistently enlarge despite normal tumour markers following chemotherapy, leadin g to a rare condition known as growing teratoma syndrome. This poses a significa nt challenge for thoracic surgeons, especially when associated with infiltration of neighbouring pulmonary structures. Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is n ot commonly employed in the resection of large mediastinal tumours.”
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