title: Testicular germ cell tumors. Prognostic factors.
abstract: A retrospective analysis of clinical and pathologic data of 100 patients with germ cell testicular tumors is presented. The presenting symptoms and their duration prior to orchiectomy are analyzed and categorized. The duration of symptoms correlated with the stage of disease for each tumor. Seventy-five per cent of locally invasive lesions were found in patients with Stage II or III disease.
mesh_terms: D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors