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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
Chromosome aberrations were studied in peripheral blood lymphocytes from untreated testicular cancer patients and others treated with chemo- and/or radiotherapy. A distinct increase in spontaneous aberrations over the level of healthy controls was found in patients treated with surgery alone. Our data suggest the existence of a certain degree of chromosome instability which may be a factor in the development of malignancy for testicular tumours, too. The frequency of aberrant cells was much higher in treated groups than in controls, and the total of aberrations was therapy related. The frequency of aberrant cells was the highest in the first 2 years after the end of treatments similarly to the results of 3 serially examined individuals. The decrease in aberrant cells was time-dependently gradual only in X-ray-treated patients. Real conclusions about the nature of therapy-related persistence of aberrant cells can be drawn from the study of a sufficient number of testicular cancer patients studied more than 1 year after the end of treatments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0030-2414
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
376-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Persistence of chromosomal aberrations in blood lymphocytes of testicular cancer patients. II. The effect of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Genetics and Teratology, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases, Budapest, Hungary.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article