Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Tumor del estroma gonadal de los cordones sexuales
Sex cord-gonadal stromal tumor (… KORD-goh-NA-dul STROH-mul TOO-mer)
A rare type of cancer that forms in the tissues that support the ovaries or testes. These tumors may release sex hormones. Sex cord-gonadal stromal tumors include granulosa cell, Sertoli cell, and Leydig cell tumors. Also called sex cord tumor and sex cord-stromal tumor.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.