key articles
Environment, testicular dysgenesis and carcinoma in situ testis
Thursday, 15 November 2007 - In a review, Olesen et al. (2007) analyzed environmental and life-style effects on testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS). The TDS hypothesis proposes that a proportion of the male reproductive...
Authors: Olesen et al.
Prepubertal Orchiopexy for Cryptorchidism May be Associated With Lower Risk of Testicular Cancer
Sunday, 14 October 2007 - Current indications for orchiopexy are to decrease the risk of infertility and to facilitate testicular self-examination. Although the increased risk of germ cell cancer in cryptorchid testes is...
Authors: Walsh et al.
Is the blood-brain barrier relevant in metastatic germ cell tumor?
Friday, 5 October 2007 - Germ cell tumors are uniquely chemosensitive and curable, even with advanced metastatic disease. Central nervous system recurrence can stop a complete remission in other chemosensitive tumors, such as...
Authors: Azar et al.
Comparative mortality for 621 second cancers in 29356 testicular cancer survivors and 12420 matched first cancers
Monday, 1 October 2007 - Testicular cancer survivors are at substantial risk of second cancers many following radiotherapy. Treatment for testicular cancer may limit treatment options for second cancers, thereby adversely...
Authors: Schairer et al.
High-dose chemotherapy and stem-cell rescue for metastatic germ-cell tumors
Thursday, 20 September 2007 - Salvage chemotherapy can be potentially a curative measure for metastatic testicular tumors that have not been successfully treated by means of initial chemotherapy.
Einhorn et al. (2007) conducted...
Authors: Einhorn et al.
The Management of Stage I Nonseminomatous Testicular Germ Cell Tumors - a review
Sunday, 16 September 2007 - In a review, Pectasides et al. (2007) focus on risk factors and treatment options for clinical stage I nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT) of the testis.
Testicular germ cell tumors represent the...
Authors: Pectasides et al.
Epidemiology and treatment delay in testicular cancer patients: a retrospective study
Friday, 7 September 2007 - Testicular cancer (TC) is a quite rare malignancy, although its medical importance is growing due to a rapid increase in incidence. The recent age-adjusted incidence in the Slovak Republic attained...
Authors: Ondrusova & Ondrus
A comprehensive systematic review of testicular germ cell tumor surveillance
Monday, 3 September 2007 - Testicular cancer is the most common malignancy in men aged 15-34, and its incidence has been increasing over the past half-century. Survival for stage I testis cancer approaches 100% regardless of...
Authors: Groll et al.
Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in the management of testis cancer
Tuesday, 14 August 2007 - The surgical treatment for testis cancer has two goals: eradication of the primary tumor in all cases and removal of the retroperitoneal lymph nodes in selected cases. Testis cancer surgery has been...
Authors: Correa et al.
Assessing Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy Experience in United States Urological Residency Programs
Wednesday, 8 August 2007 - Surgical experience is important for the mastery of operative procedures. Lowrance et al. (2007) evaluated the current United States urological surgical resident training in performing retroperitoneal...
Authors: Lowrance et al.
