LATE RELAPSE OF NONSEMINOMATOUS GERM-CELL TUMOR OF THE TESTIS - SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH SALVAGE CHEMOTHERAPY ALONE

Authors
PAPADIMITRIS C PAPADIMITRIOU C KOKOLAKIS N ATHANASSIADES P DIMOPOULOS MA
Citation
C. Papadimitris et al., LATE RELAPSE OF NONSEMINOMATOUS GERM-CELL TUMOR OF THE TESTIS - SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH SALVAGE CHEMOTHERAPY ALONE, Urology, 49(3), 1997, pp. 469-470
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
469 - 470
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1997)49:3<469:LRONGT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Late relapses of nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testicle are unusual. In such cases, chemotherapy is reported to have only modest s uccess and surgery may be the preferred treatment modality. We report a patient who experienced relapse 11 years after the initial diagnosis of advanced testicular cancer and who achieved a sustained complete r emission with salvage chemotherapy alone. (C) 1997, Elsevier Science I nc.