Signs, Symptoms, and Paraneoplastic Syndromes David S. Finley Brian Shuch Allan J. Pantuck INTRODUCTION Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has justifiably acquired the moniker “the great mimicker” or “the internist’s tumor”…
Management of Nongerm Cell Testis Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein Michael E. Karellas INTRODUCTION Although testicular cancer is a rare malignancy overall, it is the most common solid tumor in men aged…
Late Events and Long-Term Complications After Treatment for Testicular Cancer Jan Oldenburg Hege S. Haugnes Sophie D. Fosså INTRODUCTION The combination of rising incidence of testicular cancer (TC), high cure…
Management of Advanced Germ Cell Tumors ▪ 34A Risk-Adapted Therapy of Metastatic Testis Cancer: Good-Risk Patients Stefan Sleijfer Ronald De Wit INTRODUCTION Before the introduction of cisplatin-based multidrug chemotherapy, the…
Management of Low Stage Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis ▪ 33A Management of Low-Stage Testicular Seminoma Nathan Lawrentschuk Neil E. Fleshner Within oncology, early-stage seminoma represents the paradigm of…
Anatomy and Pathology of Testis Cancer Victor E. Reuter MORPHOLOGIC ANATOMY OF THE TESTIS The adult testes are suspended by the spermatic cord and located within the scrotum. The testis…
Staging of Testicular Cancer ▪ 32A Staging and Imaging in Germ Cell Tumors Brett S. Carver Darren R. Feldman Testicular cancer is the most common malignancy in men aged 20…
Biology and Genetics of Adult Male Germ Cell Tumors Darren R. Feldman Jane Houldsworth George J. Bosl R.S.K. Chaganti Germ cell tumors (GCTs) arise by transformation of a germ cell…
The Epidemiology and Genetics of Sporadic and Hereditary Testicular Germ Cell Tumors David J. Vaughn Peter A. Kanetsky Katherine L. Nathanson INTRODUCTION TO TESTICULAR GERM CELL TUMORS Biology of Testicular…
Urinary Diversions and Reconstructions ▪ 25A Cutaneous Urinary Diversions G. Joel DeCastro Michael C. Large Gary D. Steinberg INTRODUCTION In 1852, Simon reported the first use of bowel in the…
