Primary testicular lymphoma.
Swiss Med Wkly
; 140: w13076, 2010.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20872294
ABSTRACT
Primary testicular lymphoma (PTL) is a rare disease accounting for 1% of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. PTL occurs more frequently in older patients and is a potentially fatal disease. In the early stages (I and II), the treatment consists of orchidectomy followed by chemotherapy (CT) and prophylactic scrotal radiotherapy (RT) with/or without iliac and/or paraaortic lymph node RT. In the advanced stages (III and IV), CT is the treatment of choice whereas the place of scrotal RT is controverted. In both early and advanced disease intrathecal CT is warranted to prevent CNS relapse. New molecular approaches and/or more aggressive treatments are being explored.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Testicular Neoplasms
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Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Swiss Med Wkly
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
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