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

Citation
S. Sleijfer et al., SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS OF A PATIENT WITH DOWNS-SYNDROME AND DISSEMINATED TESTICULAR SEMINOMA, Netherlands journal of medicine, 48(3), 1996, pp. 89-91
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
ISSN journal
03002977
Volume
48
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
89 - 91
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-2977(1996)48:3<89:STOAOB>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
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.