Treatment of testicular tumors
The author refers to the experience of Duke University in the treatment of 134 testicle tumors. He sets forth general guidelines for treatment according to the tumor's evolutive stage, as per the classification proposed by Mostofi. Stress is laid on the importance of Markers (H.G. C. and A.F.P....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1978 |
| País: | Uruguay |
| Institución: | Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Repositorio: | Revista Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/2963 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2963 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | neoplasias testiculares testicular neoplasms |
| Sumario: | The author refers to the experience of Duke University in the treatment of 134 testicle tumors. He sets forth general guidelines for treatment according to the tumor's evolutive stage, as per the classification proposed by Mostofi. Stress is laid on the importance of Markers (H.G. C. and A.F.P.) in the patient's evolution, as an index for detecting the tumor's presence.The author concludes that improvement in results obtained in the treatment of these tumors is due to: 1. Aggressive surgical therapy of primary tumor and regional lymph nodes.2. The considerable value of radiotherapy in seminomas.3. New chemiotherapeutic programs.4. N ew radioinmunotests for Markers, which are essential for determining prognosis and response to the treatment employed. |
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