title: Malignant testis tumors. Survival in 53 patients with minimum 5 years observation time.
abstract: Survival rate of 53 patients with malignant testis tumors treated during the years 1956-1971 is reported. The observation time is from 5 to 20 years. Thirty-three patients are still alive. Eighteen out of 20 patients with pure seminoma stage A-B are alive, and 1 out of 3 in stage C. Of the 30 patients with non-seminomatous tumors all 8 patients in stage A are alive, while only 1 out of 9 in stage B, and 1 out of 9 patients in stage C have survived. Four patients (including 3 children) which could not be classified according to stage are all alive. All the patients who did not survive died within 5 years after the diagnosis. A new treatment protocol for testicular malignancies is described.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009664:Norway; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy