Secondary Surgery in Advanced Testicular Germ-Cell Tumors
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
- Vol. 17 (3), 283-285
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365598309182132
Abstract
Twenty-four patients with residual tumor after intensive chemotherapy for advanced testicular germ-cell tumors were subjected to secondary surgery. Twenty patients had complete resection with the following distribution of histological types: 4 embryonal carcinoma, 9 mature teratoma and 7 fibrous tissue. Eighteen of these patients remain free of disease. Four patients had incomplete resection. Two of these patients with embryonal carcinoma died later despite further treatment; 2 patients with teratoma remain free of disease. Secondary surgery is recommended in cases where residual tumor is found after intensive chemotherapy and where tumor markers are not elevated.Keywords
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