Initial surveillance in men with marker negative clinical stage IIA non-seminomatous germ cell tumours.
Axel GerdtssonHelene F S NegaardBjarte AlmåsAnna Grenabo BergdahlGabriella Cohn-CedermarkIngrid GlimeliusDag HalvorsenHege Sagstuen HaugnesAnnika HedlundMartin HellströmGöran HolmbergÁsa KarlsdóttirAnders KjellmanSigne Melsen LarsenAnna ThorRolf WahlqvistOlof StåhlTorgrim TandstadPublished in: BJU international (2024)
Surveillance with repeated CT scans can identify patients in true CS I, thus avoiding overtreatment. The RPLND histopathology in patients with CS IIA Mk- NSGCT had a high rate of cancer and a low rate of teratoma.
Keyphrases
- germ cell
- public health
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- papillary thyroid
- dual energy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- patient reported outcomes
- magnetic resonance
- positron emission tomography
- middle aged
- pet ct
- lymph node metastasis