... Paper Eur Urol 1997;32:16-22 1617491 Lothar Weissbach a Roswitha Bussar-Maatz Klaus Mannh a Department ofUrology, Krankenhaus Am Urban, Berlin, and b Department ofEndocrinology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik der Universität Essen, Germany Key Words Testicular tumors Seminoma Tumor marker...

...E. Kaasinen; M. Taavitsainen; T. Lehtonen Epidermoid cysts of the testis are rare, benign testicular tumors. Only 188 cases have been reported in the world literature until July 1986. There is controversy in the literature regarding whether local excision or enucleation of the cyst and sparing...

...M. Horňák; D. Ondruš; J. Matoška; S. Čársky Two hundred and twenty patients with metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell testicular tumors received primary chemotherapy including cisplatin, vinblastine and bleomycin (PYB). Complete response was achieved with chemotherapy alone in 108 (49.1 %) patients...

...T. Zenico; M. Zoli; M. Fiori; F. Fabbri; C. Tamburini; G. Mattoni From January 1989 to June 1991, 18 patients ranging in age from 19 to 41 (mean 34) years with testicular tumor were examined. 14 patients had seminoma (11 typical and 3 spermatocytic) and 4 patients had a mixed form (2 seminoma...

...T. Strohmeyer; M. Geiser; R. Ackermann; E. Mumperow; M. Hartmann 47 patients with advanced germ cell testicular tumors were treated with combination chemotherapy,cis-platinum, vinblastine and bleomycin (PVB). All patients were reexamined on average 2.5 years after the end of treatment. Persistent...

...A. Akdas; Z. Kirkah; D. Remzi Twenty-eight patients with stage-III testicular tumors seen between 1979 and 1984 were analyzed for the effect of delay on diagnosis and chemotherapy and prognosis. A statistically significant relation was determined between the symptom-diagnosis interval and extent...

...H.-D. Adolphs; L. Weissbach; W. Distelmaier Supraclavicular lymph node biopsies were performed in 40 patients with germinal testicular tumors. The radiologic visualization of both the thoracic ducts and the supraclavicular lymph nodes was reviewed and no relation to retroperitoneal lymph node...