Chemotherapy of Advanced Seminoma: Clinical Significance of Radiological Findings before and after Treatment
- 21 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Urology
- Vol. 64 (5) , 530-534
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410x.1989.tb05293.x
Abstract
The predictive significance of the mass detected following chemotherapy was assessed in 46 patients with advanced seminoma. Patients with residual viable seminoma in the post-chemotherapy operation specimen or who developed recurrent disease were regarded as chemotherapy failures. This group included 1 to 20 patients in whom the retroperitoneal masses were .ltoreq. 10 cm2 3 to 4 weeks after chemotherapy and 4 of 15 patients whose residual masses were > 10 cm2. Four of 11 patients with mediastinal tumours achieved a complete remission (mediastinal masses .ltoreq. 1 cm2). However, 2 of these 4 patients relapsed, as did 2 of the 4 who achieved a partial remission. In no case was the original size of the tumour significantly related to treatment failure. Three patients had residual lung masses; 1 of these contained histological evidence of viable tumour. In one-third of the irradiated relapse-free patients, slightly enlarged masses were visible on follow-up computed tomography scans taken several years after treatment, even in patients without tumour activity. There is a 25% risk of relapse in patients with advanced seminoma who have retroperitoneal masses > 10 cm2 following cisplatin-based chemotherapy. They should be followed up regularly for many years.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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