Testicular Cancer

LINKS

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: Testicular cancer   

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: Germ Cell Tumor   

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Testicular cancer   

American Urological Association  

LITERATURE SELECTION

Maule M et al.: "Age at puberty and risk of testicular cancer: a meta-analysis", Int J Androl. 2012 Jun 19 [Epub ahead of print]

van Walraven C et al.: "Association of Diagnostic Radiation Exposure and Second Abdominal-Pelvic Malignancies After Testicular Cancer", J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Olofsson SE et al.:"Population-Based Study of Treatment Guided by Tumor Marker Decline in Patients With Metastatic Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor: A Report From the Swedish-Norwegian Testicular Cancer Group", J Clin Oncol. 2011 Apr 11. [Epub ahead of print]

Chamie K et al.: "Secondary malignancies among nonseminomatous germ cell tumor cancer survivors", Cancer. 2011 Mar 15. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26038. [Epub ahead of print]

PRESS RELEASES

"ASCO Issues Guideline to Improve the Use of Tumor Markers in Men with Germ Cell Tumors" - American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) - www.asco.org   

"Marijuana Use Linked to Increased Risk of Testicular Cancer - Risk appears to be elevated particularly among frequent and/or long-term users" - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA  - www.fhcrc.org

CLINICAL GUIDELINES

Lin K et al.: "Screening for testicular cancer: an evidence review for the u.s. Preventive services task force", Ann Intern Med. 2010 Sep 21;153(6):396-9

Gilligan TD et al.: “American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline on uses of serum tumor markers in adult males with germ cell tumors”, J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jul 10;28(20):3388-404. Epub 2010 Jun 7

LITERATURE SELECTION

Fossa SD et al.: "Adverse Prognostic Factors for Testicular Cancer-Specific Survival: A Population-Based Study of 27,948 Patients", J Clin Oncol. 2011 Feb 7. [Epub ahead of print]

Romerius P et al.: "Sperm DNA Integrity in Men Treated for Childhood Cancer", Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Jun 2. [Epub ahead of print]

Fraietta R et al.: “Individual and seminal characteristics of patients with testicular germ cell tumors”, Fertil Steril. 2010 Feb 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Glendenning JL et al.: "Long-term neurologic and peripheral vascular toxicity after chemotherapy treatment of testicular cancer", Cancer. 2010 Mar 11. [Epub ahead of print]

Walsh TJ et al.: "Increased risk of testicular germ cell cancer among infertile men", Arch Intern Med 2009 Feb 23;169(4):351-6

NEWS  

Male infertility and testicular cancer

Male infertility and testicular cancer - Archives of Internal Medicine - Men with male infertility have an increased risk of testicular cancer 

HER-2/neu expression in germ-cell testicular tumors

HER-2/neu expression in germ-cell testicular tumors – Anticancer Research

EDITORIALS

Relation between the age at treatment for undescended testis and the risk of testicular cancer - Andreas Pettersson 

Treatment options in patients with stage I seminoma - Padraig Warde

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