Open AccessMultiple secondary malignancies following radiation therapy for testicular cancer
Author(s) -
Sam Neufeld,
Tadeusz Kroczak,
Darrel Drachenberg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.3396
Subject(s) - testicular cancer , malignancy , medicine , radiation therapy , external beam radiation , cancer , oncology , testicular germ cell tumor
Testicular germ cell tumours (TGCT) are a rare malignancy that affect primarily young men. We present an interesting case of nonseminoma testicular cancer treated with external beam radiation therapy (RT), which subsequently resulted in two separate secondary malignancies decades after initial treatment.