Radiotherapy in testicular germ cell tumours – a literature review

Joanna Jonska-Gmyrek; Piotr Peczkowski; Wojciech Michalski; Grazyna Poniatowska; Agnieszka Zolciak-Siwinska; Beata Kotowicz; Pawel Wiechno; Magdalena Golawska; Maria Kowalska; Tomasz Demkow

doi:10.5114/wo.2017.69592

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Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia

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Review paper

Radiotherapy in testicular germ cell tumours – a literature review

Joanna Jonska-Gmyrek

,

Piotr Peczkowski

,

Wojciech Michalski

,

Grazyna Poniatowska

,

Agnieszka Zolciak-Siwinska

,

Beata Kotowicz

,

Pawel Wiechno

,

Magdalena Golawska

,

Maria Kowalska

,

Tomasz Demkow

Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2017; 21 (3): 203–208

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2017.69592

Online publish date: 2017/09/29

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Testicular germ cell tumours (GCT) represent about 1–2% of malignant in men. The essential therapeutic option for early-stage GCT is radical orchiectomy (RO), except in situations that require immediate chemotherapy in patients with a massive dissemination and unequivocally elevated levels of tumour markers.

Postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in patients with testicular seminoma in Clinical Stage I (CS I) is one of the treatment options next to active surveillance (AS) and chemotherapy (CHTH). Regardless of the procedure, five-year survival in this group of patients ranges between 97% and 100%.

In the article, we present the literature review pertinent to therapeutic options, with a focus on radiotherapy. We have searched MEDLINE (PubMed) for all studies on patients with GCT treated with radiation therapy during the last 20 years, and the current therapeutic recommendations. We used the following keywords: germ cell tumours, testis, seminoma, non-seminoma, radiotherapy, outcome.

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Radiotherapy in testicular germ cell tumours – a literature review

Joanna Jonska-Gmyrek , Piotr Peczkowski , Wojciech Michalski , Grazyna Poniatowska , Agnieszka Zolciak-Siwinska , Beata Kotowicz , Pawel Wiechno , Magdalena Golawska , Maria Kowalska , Tomasz Demkow

germ cell tumours, testis, seminoma, non-seminoma, radiotherapy, outcome

Joanna Jonska-Gmyrek

,

Piotr Peczkowski

,

Wojciech Michalski

,

Grazyna Poniatowska

,

Agnieszka Zolciak-Siwinska

,

Beata Kotowicz

,

Pawel Wiechno

,

Magdalena Golawska

,

Maria Kowalska

,

Tomasz Demkow