Value correlation of alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin with the results of lymphadenectomy in non-seminomatous testicular tumours.
In a group of 131 patients with nonseminomatous testicular tumours, the authors correlated the postorchiectomic levels of alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin with the results of lymphadenectomy. They found 90.5% correlation of negative and 74% of positive levels of tumour markers with results of lymphadenectomy. In spite of 9.5% false positive and 25.7% false negative results the authors concluded that determination of alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin is an important contribution to the detection of residual nonseminomatous tumour tissues after orchiectomy.
Kausitz
J
J
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute, Brastislava, Czechoslovakia.
Hupka
S
S
Ondrus
D
D
Michalko
J
J
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000097:blood*
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins