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Bilateral Testicular Germ Cell Tumours: an Increasing Incidence and Prevention by Chemotherapy
Author(s) -
THOMPSON JOYCE,
WILLIAMS C. J.,
WHITEHOUSE J. M. A.,
MEAD G. M.
Publication year - 1988
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.1988.tb04368.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cisplatin , chemotherapy , orchiectomy , radiation therapy , germ cell , incidence (geometry) , disease , oncology , seminoma , radiology , biology , biochemistry , physics , optics , gene
Summary— Of 120 patients with germ cell tumours of the testis, 6 (5%) developed contralateral tumours; 63 patients received cisplatin‐based combination chemotherapy for metastatic disease and none developed contralateral disease. By contrast, of 57 patients treated with orchiectomy alone or abdominal radiotherapy, 5 (8.8%) developed contralateral disease.