title: Radiation therapy in bulky seminoma.
abstract: Between 1969 and 1980, 17 patients with bulky retroperitoneal seminoma and 1 patient with bulky mediastinal seminoma were treated with radiation therapy. One patient had resection of gross retroperitoneal disease, and 1 patient had resection of gross mediastinal disease. Fifteen patients received adjuvant irradiation to the mediastinum and paraclavicular lymph nodes, and 1 patient received adjuvant chemotherapy. At last follow-up, 17 of 18 patients (94%) remain free of disease. No patient has sustained treatment-related morbidity or mortality.
mesh_terms: D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*