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The Significance of Scrotal Interference in Stage I Testicular Cancer Managed by Orchiectomy and Surveillance
Author(s) -
KENNEDY C. L.,
HENDRY W. F.,
PECKHAM M. J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1986.tb05917.x
Subject(s) - orchiectomy , medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , testicular cancer , surgery , cancer , biology , paleontology
Summary— Of 210 patients with clinical Stage I testicular tumours managed by orchiectomy and surveillance, 36 had scrotal interference at or prior to removal of their primary tumour. None developed inguinoscrotal relapse during a mean observation period of 37 months. The overall relapse rate of 4/36 (11%) compared favourably with that of the surveillance series as a whole (18%).