Therapy of testicular cancer: a surgeon’s view

Abstract

Treatment for metastatic testicular cancer has generally met greatest success when it has involved platinum-based chemotherapy and this is widely used for metastatic disease in most centers. However, surgical techniques should not be excluded. Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection has enabled a high cure rate to be achieved when used in conjunction with chemotherapy in patients with more advanced stage cancers.

Keywords::

• chemotherapy
• germ cell
• platinum-based
• radiotherapy
• seminoma
• testicular cancer

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank T Christmas (Consultant Urologist, Charing Cross and The Royal Marsden Hospitals, London) for help and the permission to use his extensive work in the area of testicular cancer, which made the review possible.