Giant Cells

[tccancercop]

I just read the pathology report on my tumor i had removed in August. 95% Embryonal, 5% Seminoma w GIANT Cells.

Are giant cells more difficult to kill than small cells or what?

[Apache]

I searched a bit on the internet and didn't find much on giant cells. excuse my ignorance. I'm interested in what everyone knows on this.

[danebert]

Synctiotrophoblastic Cells. Those along with Cytotrophoblasts make choriocarcinoma. However you can have just synctiotrophoblastic cells. My initial path report had 5 % sync cells.

[Karen]

Syncytitrophoblastic giant cells can also be found in seminoma, which is how I interpreted the pathology blurb. I have not seen any publications with enough evidence to indicate any clinical significance of the presence of giant cells in seminoma.