[Clinical analysis of 87 cases of testicular tumor].
OBJECTIVE
To improve the diagnosis and treatment of testicular tumor.


METHODS
Eighty-seven cases of testicular tumor were retrospectively studied.


RESULTS
Of the total number, 79 cases were pathologically diagnosed as germ cell tumor (90.1%), among which there were 44 cases of seminoma (55.7%) and 7 cases of benign tumor (8.1%). Nonseminoma germ cell tumor (NSGCT) was found mainly among those under 5 and from 18 to 40 years of age, while seminoma chiefly among those beyond 17, and testis tumor was rare among those between 5 and 17 years old (1 case only). Three-year and 5-year survival rates of seminoma and NSGCT were 90.6% and 81.3%, and 83.3% and 56.7%, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
(1) Testicular tumors are mostly germ cell tumors. (2) NSGCT develops mainly among those under the age of 5 and from 18 to 40. (3) Seminoma is rare in those under 18. (4) Testicular tumor rarely develops among those between 5 and 17 years old. (5)Three-year and 5-year survival rates for seminoma are higher than those for NSGCT.
Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China. davezheng@sohu.com.cn
Lian-Wen
LW
Zheng
Fu-Biao
FB
Li
Rui-Zhi
RZ
Liu
Ri-Gala
RG
Ji
Zhong-Wen
ZW
Zhao
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018239:Seminoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*