Inguinal orchidectomy

Management preferences following radical inguinal orchidectomy for Stage I testicular seminoma in Australasia.

A survey to evaluate the preferred patterns of management of Stage I seminoma was conducted during March 2001. The questionnaire was distributed by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists to all qualified radiation oncologists, 74 out of 170 responded. All performed a staging CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis. Thoracic imaging consisted of either chest X-ray (29%) or chest ...

A comparison of lycopene and orchidectomy vs orchidectomy alone in the management of advanced prostate cancer.

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of lycopene plus orchidectomy with orchidectomy alone in the management of advanced prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-four patients with histologically confirmed metastatic prostatic cancer (M1b or D2) and a performance status of 0-2 (World Health Organization) were entered into the trial between March 2000 and June 2002. The trial comprised two tre...

Orchidectomy of the Testis for Stage I

17. Morstyn G, Campbell L, Lieschke G, et al. Treatment of chemotherapy induced neutropenia by subcutaneously administered granulocyte colony-stimulating factor with optimization of dose and durationof therapy.3 Clin Oncoll989,7,1554-1562. Brugger W, Bross KJ, Lindemann A, Kanz L, Mertelsmann M. Role of hematopoietic growth factor combinations in experimental and clinical oncology. Semin Oncoll...

Orchidectomy alone for stage I testicular teratoma.

Medical or surgical orchidectomy: the patients' choice.

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