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7196634

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
We report on 32 patients with testicular tumor who--after earlier retroperitoneal lymph node dissection--underwent a second-look operation. Whereas in 16 patients vital tumor tissue was found in the retroperitoneum 9 patients had only degenerative changes with fibrosis and necrosis. In 7 patients the retroperitoneum showed no evidence of disease. It is our conclusion that an extensive pre-operative diagnostic workup, including tumor-markers, ultrasound and CT in patients treated with chemo- and radiotherapy cannot determine whether viable tumor tissue is present in the retroperitoneum. In 13 patients with non-seminomatous germinal cell tumors where viable tumor tissue was found at second-look operation 61,5% had normal tumor-markers. Those patients in whom at second-look operation no viable tumor tissue was found benefit from that approach because of the possibility of terminating aggressive chemotherapy. On the other hand patients with vital tumor tissue had a poor prognosis.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0340-2592
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
231-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
[The diagnostic and therapeutic value of second look operation in patients with testicular germinal cell tumors (author's transl)].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract