SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS OF A PATIENT WITH DOWNS-SYNDROME AND DISSEMINATED TESTICULAR SEMINOMA

Due to a high incidence of undescended testicles, patients with Down's syndrome have an increased risk of testicular cancer. The treatment o f these patients with the successful cisplatin-containing regimens, wh ich are however toxic and require hospitalization, can cause several p roblems. We present a patient with Down's syndrome suffering from a di sseminated seminomatous tumour of the testis who has been successfully treated with combination chemotherapy on an out-patient basis.