Long-term unmaintained remissions after agressive multidisciplinary treatment of advanced non-seminomatous testicular germ cell tumors.
Five patients with disseminated non-seminomatous testicular germ cell tumors are described. These patients have been clinically free of disease for 25 to more than 99 months and may be cured, since the interval after last treatment ranges from 13 to more than 76 months. Two patients, including 1 with pure choriocarcinoma, represent chemotherapeutic successes. In 3 patients the advantages of an individualized, multidisciplinary approach with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are shown. The benefits of continued aggressive treatment using residual therapeutic modalities despite prior failure with other therapy are documented.
D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents