title: [Testicular cancer treated at the regional hospital in Tromsø 1985-1993].
abstract: The case histories of 98 patients (47 seminomas and 51 non-seminomas) treated at the Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Tromsø between January 1985 and March 1993 were retrospectively analysed in August 1994. The analysis was undertaken to ascertain whether a small centre can achieve state of the art results. Complete remission was achieved in all cases. During a four year median follow-up period (range 1-10 years), three seminomas and eight non-seminomas relapsed. Only one retroperitoneally located relapse was revealed after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. Two patients (one seminoma, one non-seminoma) died of progressive disease. A statistically significant correlation was found between stage of disease and human chorionic gonadotropin, lactate dehydrogenate and alpha-fetoprotein in non-seminoma. Our results are similar to those of the major oncological centres. Hence our unit is able to achieve state of the art results in the treatment of testicular carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Seksjon for urologi og endokrin kirurgi Kirurgisk avdeling, Regionsykehuset i Tromsø.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Norum
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wist
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nordøy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Due
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D018239:Seminoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Testikkelkreft behandlet ved regionsykehuset i Tromsø 1985-93.