Prognosis of testicular tumour since the introduction of complex therapy

Abstract

Change of approach in dealing with testicular carcinoma has made it necessary to set up a central organization covering a larger geographic area in Hungary where 242 patients had been treated since 1980. Progress in the development of therapy-oriented methods cleared the way for reliable and accurate stage determination. Data analysis seems to indicate that correct therapeutic principles combined with plenty of surgical, radiological and chemotherapeutic experience may contribute a lot to improving the pathologic prospects. The mortality rates for the pure seminoma group and for the non-seminomatous plus mixed-cell group of patients were 7.5% and 26.5%, respectively. The results promise additional chances--even with increasing morbidity--to reduce the mortality rate and the incidence of complications.