title: [Role of chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer of the testis in adults].
abstract: Owing to its considerable effectiveness, modern multiple chemotherapy ranks first in the treatment of non-seminoma metastatic tumours of the testis. Its side-effects in short-term treatment are recognized and acceptable in view of the results obtained, but they remain imperfectly known in long-term treatments. Fort this reason, the present tendency in clinical stage I non-seminoma tumours is to reserve chemotherapy for patients who relapsed after orchidectomy. Advanced seminomas with or without high levels of human chorionic gonadotrophin (subunit beta) already benefit from chemotherapy, and this treatment is likely to be extended to less disseminated forms of cancer. Pure or predominant choriocarcinomas still respond poorly to the cytotoxic drugs at present available.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Duc
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gisselbrecht
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Le Doze
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mignot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002699:Chlorambucil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000188:drug therapy; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008649:Mesonephroma / Q000188:drug therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D013724:Teratoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D002699:Chlorambucil; D003609:Dactinomycin; D014747:Vinblastine; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin
vernacular_title: Place de la chimiothérapie dans le traitement du cancer du testicule de l'adulte.