title: [Seminoma of the ovary. Clincopathological study. The role of radiotherapy in treatment based upon a series of 31 cases (author's tranls)].
abstract: The authors collected a series of 31 cases of seminoma of the ovary over a period of 12 years. Statistical data, including the results of of lymphography, indicate that the prognosis is good, the application of strict rules in treatment being an essential condition. Certain patients with a pure seminoma of the ovary (20% of cases) die despite early and appropriate treatment. Such a fatal outcome occurs usually during the first 18 months. The prognosis in such cases may be explained in part by the degree of extension initially but the course in certain patients, fortunately rare, is quite dramatic. This can be explained neither on the basis of the histological type nor any inadequacy in therapy. Some special unknown factor must be involved. In general combined surgery and radiotherapy, adapted to the degree of extension of the disease, give the best change of definitive cure and, for the majority of patients, an entirely normal life from a feminine and maternal standpoint. This possibility of combining cure with conservation remains the basis of treatment of seminoma of the ovary in favourable cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008220:Lymphography; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Le séminome de l'ovaire. Etude anótomo-clinique. Rôle de la radiologie dans sa thérapeutique. D'après une série de 31 cas