• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Testicular germ cell tumours
  • Beteiligte: Horwich, Alan; Nicol, David; Huddart, Robert
  • Erschienen: BMJ Publishing Group, 2013
  • Erschienen in: BMJ: British Medical Journal
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0959-8138; 1756-1833
  • Schlagwörter: CLINICAL REVIEW
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  • Beschreibung: <p>SUMMARY POINTS Testicular germ cell cancers occur mainly in young men Presentation is usually painless and the diagnosis can be confirmed by ultrasound Inguinal orchidectomy may be sufficient treatment in those with no evidence of metastases These tumours are sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and even men with metastases are usually cured Men cured of metastatic disease have an increased risk of cardiac events and of second non-germ cell cancers</p>