Late relapse of nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis: successful treatment with salvage chemotherapy alone.
Late relapses of nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testicle are unusual. In such cases, chemotherapy is reported to have only modest success and surgery may be the preferred treatment modality. We report a patient who experienced relapse 11 years after the initial diagnosis of advanced testicular cancer and who achieved a sustained complete remission with salvage chemotherapy alone.
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Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital University of Athens School of Medicine, Greece.
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Kokolakis
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Athanassiades
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Dimopoulos
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D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018237:Germinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D001761:Bleomycin; D003609:Dactinomycin; D014747:Vinblastine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin