Cancer of the Testis

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Cancer of the Testis presents a thorough account of every aspect of this disease, including histology, risk factors, prognosis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, there is a focus on the pertinent issues of fertility, late effects of primary therapy, follow-up after primary treatment and testicular cancer in childhood.

With an international authorship comprised of many of the key contributors to the field, this book brings together a rich and balanced range of perspectives.

A state-of-the-art reference volume on testicular cancer, this book is essential reading for urologists, medical oncologists and radio-oncologists.

M. Pilar Laguna, MD PhD, is an Associate Professor in Urology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Peter Albers, MD, is Chairman of the Department of Urology at Dusseldorf University, Germany.

Carsten Bokemeyer, MD, is Director of Oncology and Hematology at Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum at the University Medical Center in Hamburg, Germany.

Jerome P. Richie, MD, is the Elliot C. Cutler Professor of Urologic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Urology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA.

Author(s): Ferran Algaba, Isabell A. Sesterhenn (auth.), M. Pilar Laguna, Peter Albers, Carsten Bokemeyer, Jerome P. Richie (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: 347
Tags: Urology/Andrology; Oncology; Imaging / Radiology

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Histological Classification and Pathology of Testicular Tumors....Pages 3-26
Risk Factors and Genetical Characterization....Pages 27-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Testicular Tumor Markers....Pages 67-74
Radiographic Diagnosis and Staging....Pages 75-94
Staging and Prognostic Systems....Pages 95-113
CIS and Bilateral Cancer: Clinical Presentation and Diagnostics....Pages 115-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Radical Orchiectomy and Testis Sparing Procedures for the Management of Germ Cell Tumors....Pages 125-130
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Low Stages Nonseminomatous GCC: The American View....Pages 131-137
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Low-Stage Nonseminomatous GCC: The European View....Pages 139-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Treatment of Nonseminoma: Stage I....Pages 147-166
Treatment: Seminoma: Stage I....Pages 167-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Treatment of Patients with Stage II A/B and Advanced Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors....Pages 185-195
Stage II Seminoma and Advanced Disease....Pages 197-205
Treatment of Relapse....Pages 207-223
Postchemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection....Pages 225-236
Surgical Resection at Other Sites....Pages 237-243
Extra-Gonadal Germ Cell Tumors....Pages 245-252
New Systemic Therapies for Refractory Tumors....Pages 253-261
Management of Late Relapse....Pages 263-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Testicular Cancer: Late Effects of Treatment....Pages 275-287
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Fertility Issues....Pages 289-299
Follow-Up After Primary Treatment....Pages 301-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Testicular Cancer in Childhood....Pages 321-327
Primary Non-Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis....Pages 329-334
Back Matter....Pages 335-347