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Surgery is the most common treatment of ovarian germ cell tumor. Types of surgery include hysterectomy and removal of one or both ovaries and fallopian tubes (bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy). Treatment may also include chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Learn about treatment options for ovarian germ cell tumors.

Extragonadal germ cell tumors (GCT) treatment depends on the type and can include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and stem cell transplant. Get detailed information about the treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent extragonadal GCTs in this summary for clinicians.

Adult central nervous system tumor treatment may include surgery, radiosurgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, surveillance, and targeted therapy. Treatment depends on the tumor type. Learn more about brain and spinal tumor treatment in this expert-reviewed summary.

Treatment for children with brain and spinal cord tumors is based on histology and location within the brain. For most of these tumors, an optimal regimen has not been determined, and enrollment onto clinical trials is encouraged. Get detailed information about these tumors in this clinician summary.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (islet cell tumors) treatments include surgery, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and supportive care. Learn more about the treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in this expert-reviewed summary.

Explains the causes of acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD), a common condition in people with kidney failure who are treated with dialysis.

Describes the causes, complications, diagnosis, and treatment of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

For surgeons, removing a tumor is a balancing act. Cut out too much and you risk removing healthy tissues that have important functions. Remove too little and you may leave behind cancer cells that could grow back into a tumor over time. NIH-funded researchers are developing new technologies to help surgeons determine exactly where tumors end and healthy tissue begins. Their ultimate goal is to make surgery for cancer patients safer and more effective.

Childhood central nervous system (CNS) germ cell tumors form from germ cells (a type of cell that forms as a fetus develops and later becomes sperm in the testicles or eggs in the ovaries). Learn about the signs, tests to diagnose, and treatment of pediatric germ cell tumors in the brain in this expert-reviewed summary.

Treatment for children with central nervous system germ cell tumors (GCT) depend upon the specific tumor type. Options include radiation therapy, chemotherapy, surgery (in various combinations) and stem cell rescue. Get detailed information about GCTs in this clinician summary.