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21346388

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
Over the last years, clear treatment recommendations for patients with testicular cancer have been published. This has led to significant improvements in outcome and survival. Moreover, active surveillance has become a cornerstone in the management of clinical stage I seminomatous and non-seminomatous germ cell tumors. On the other hand, the existing recommendations for the follow-up of testis cancer patients are unclear and differ widely. Follow-up recommendations in this young patient population have to be as evidence based as possible, feasible in order to ensure adherence, and must not be harmful. Therefore, attention has to be paid to the negative impact of unnecessary radiation exposure. Recently, new evidence became available regarding the relapse pattern of different disease stages of testicular cancer, the use of imaging at follow-up, and the risks of excessive radiation due to imaging, and in particular that of computed tomography (CT) scans. This article summarizes the recommendations for follow-up of testicular cancer patients of an interdisciplinary multinational working group consisting of urologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1423-0240
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
59-64
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Interdisciplinary evidence-based recommendations for the follow-up of testicular germ cell cancer patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Oncology, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland. richard.cathomas@ksgr.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review