Pattern of germ cell testicular carcinoma in Dharmais Cancer Hospital between January 2000-December 2004.

AIM to find out the distribution of germ cell tumor based on age, histopathology, stadium, chemotherapy regimen, and number of cases per year in patients hospitalized in Dharmais National Cancer Hospital during the period of January 2000 to December 2004. METHODS the data were collected from medical record of patients with testicular carcinoma that were treated on inpatient and outpatient basis in Dharmais National Cancer Hospital during the period of January 2000 to December 2004. The data were collected, recorded and analyzed in descriptive manner and presented in tables of distribution and frequency. RESULTS there were 44 cases testicular carcinoma being analyzed; 40 cases (90.92%) were germ cell tumor, 42.50% aged 21-30 years old; and the most frequent histological type was seminoma (47.50%). About 39.50% of the patients were admitted in stage II of the disease, and 61.59% were put on BEP regimen. Seminoma type was more frequent in >or= 30-year-old age group while on the other hand, non-seminoma was mostly found in <or= 30-year-old patients. There was a relative increase of germ cell tumor cases from January 2000 to December 2004 in Dharmais National Cancer Hospital. CONCLUSION germ cell tumors were the most common testicular carcinoma in Dharmais National Cancer Hospital from January 2000 to December 2004. Most of the patients were of 21-30-year-old age group. Seminoma type, particularly germ cell tumor, was more frequent than non-seminoma. Most of the patients were admitted to the hospital in the stage II of the disease and the most common chemotherapy used were BEP regiment. There was an increased number of germ cell tumor cases from January 2000 to December 2004 in Dharmais National Cancer hospital.