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Survival after surgery for germinal malignancies of the testis.I. Rates of survival in tumor groups
Author(s) -
Nefzger M. Dean,
Mostofi F. K.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197211)30:5<1225::aid-cncr2820300513>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - medicine , seminoma , germ cell tumors , surgery , survival rate , carcinoma , chemotherapy
We have extended the follow‐up for mortality to 17 years for 834 Army men treated surgically in the years 1940 to 1947 for germ cell tumors of the testis, the group first reported by Friedman and Moore and Dixon and Moore. Mortality was ascertained through the Veterans Administration by procedures known to be at least 98% complete. All other data used in this report were taken from punchcards prepared for the earlier work. Seventeen years after surgery, 53% of the 834 men were still alive, and 81% of 547 men who lived 2 years lived another 15 years. The prospect for survival to the 17th year after surgery for testis tumor never does quite achieve expectation as derived from the 1959–1961 life table for men. Men with embryonal carcinoma with or without seminoma, group II tumors as classified by Dixon and Moore, had the poorest survival at 2 years and also after 2 years, but survival after 2 years did not show the striking differences among tumor groups that were present in the first 2 years.