Follow-up after radical orchiectomy for testicular cancer.
Follow-up after testicular cancer therapy is critical. Effective salvage therapy increases the importance of detection of recurrences at a low volume state when they may remain curable. The highest risk period is in the first 2 years but after initial therapy to the retroperitoneum, late recurrences have been noted many years later. A follow-up schedule for following markers and imaging is proposed.
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Department of Urology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009919:Orchiectomy; D012307:Risk Factors; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors