Radiotherapy of testicular tumours: an analysis of patients treated in Scotland between 1950 and 1969.
The results of treatment of 838 patients who were irradiated for germ cell tumours of the testis between 1950 and 1969 are presented. The overall 10-year survival rate was 61.8%. For seminomas alone it was 75.3% and for teratomas 37.7%. No increase in survival was found which could be attributed to the introduction of megavoltage beams.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D013724:Teratoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*