Testicular cancer: when less is more.
Clinical stage I testicular cancer is highly curable. The treatment options include adjuvant chemotherapy or surveillance for most patients, radiotherapy for seminoma, and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for selected patients with nonseminomatous germ cell tumors. This review discusses the decision points with emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of each management option.
Pagliaro
Lance C
LC
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA. lpagliar@mdanderson.org
D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018237:Germinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D018239:Seminoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*