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Seminoma Diagnosed by Multicancer Detection Testing: A Case Report.

Elizabeth A Gilman, Aditya K Ghosh, Sara Seegmiller, Ivana T Croghan, Ryan T Hurt

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Elizabeth A GilmanDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0166-391X
Aditya K GhoshDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9247-5999
Sara SeegmillerDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Ivana T CroghanDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3464-3525
Ryan T HurtDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1158-7559

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 67-year-old male with positive signals for neuroendocrine and head/neck cancer on a commercially available multicancer detection test underwent an extensive negative diagnostic workup at a local hospital. Referred to our medical center for advanced imaging and endoscopic procedures ultimately led to the diagnosis of an early-stage seminoma with eventual orchiectomy. This case highlights challenges in evaluating positive multicancer detection results, emphasizing the need for a broader understanding of how to interpret these testing results to fully evaluate complex cases, as well as the need for protocolized follow-up approaches to a positive multicancer detection test.

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cancer screeningcancer signal of originMulticancer detection testingseminoma

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PMID39872676
PMCPMC11770699

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