title: Radiation therapy of early (stages I and II-A) seminoma of testis after initial orchiectomy.
abstract: With initial orchiectomy and radiation therapy, the prognosis of the patients with early (Stages I and II-A) testicular seminoma is nearing almost 100 percent. Thirty-two patients with Stage I and 13 patients with Stage II-A seminoma of the testis were treated with initial orchiectomy. This was followed by estimation biochemical markers and radiologic investigations. All the patients with Stage I disease received radiotherapy to the ipsilateral pelvic and para-aortic nodes. The patients with Stage II-A disease also received radiation therapy to the supradiaphragmatic regions. The disease-free survival in both groups of patients was found to be 100 percent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kandzari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011182:Postoperative Care; D015996:Survival Rate; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery