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S M Ware

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Bilateral testicular germ cell malignancy.

The other testicle was involved in 6 of 235 patients (2.69 per cent) with a history of testicular germ cell tumor. It occurred more often following seminoma (4 of 113, 3.5 per cent cases). The mean age at occurrence of the first tumor (twenty-five years) was earlier than expected, and the mean interval between tumors was 8.8 years. Accurate clinical staging of second tumors is impeded by alteration in the routes of metastatic dissemination, and treatment options are limited by previous therapy for the first tumor.

Adult

Testicular germ cell tumors. Prognostic factors.

A retrospective analysis of clinical and pathologic data of 100 patients with germ cell testicular tumors is presented. The presenting symptoms and their duration prior to orchiectomy are analyzed and categorized. The duration of symptoms correlated with the stage of disease for each tumor. Seventy-five per cent of locally invasive lesions were found in patients with Stage II or III disease.

Dysgerminoma