The management of low-stage non-seminomatous germ cell tumors

The prognosis of patients with stage I non-seminomatous germ cell tumors is in general very good. However, a large number of patients relapse with metastatic disease after orchidectomy Therefore, adjuvant treatment, in the form of either chemotherapy or retroperitoneal dissection is recommended, alt...

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Autores principales: Lim, Louise, Powles, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25992217
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/oncol.2012.e19
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description The prognosis of patients with stage I non-seminomatous germ cell tumors is in general very good. However, a large number of patients relapse with metastatic disease after orchidectomy Therefore, adjuvant treatment, in the form of either chemotherapy or retroperitoneal dissection is recommended, although active surveillance has been found to be as good a way of treating these patients with overall excellent results.
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spelling pubmed-44196272015-05-19 The management of low-stage non-seminomatous germ cell tumors Lim, Louise Powles, Thomas Oncol Rev Review The prognosis of patients with stage I non-seminomatous germ cell tumors is in general very good. However, a large number of patients relapse with metastatic disease after orchidectomy Therefore, adjuvant treatment, in the form of either chemotherapy or retroperitoneal dissection is recommended, although active surveillance has been found to be as good a way of treating these patients with overall excellent results. PAGEPress Publications 2012-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4419627/ /pubmed/25992217 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/oncol.2012.e19 Text en ©Copyright L. Lim and T. Powles, 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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