Clinical analysis of 87 cases of testicular tumor.
- Author:
Lian-Wen ZHENG
1
;
Fu-Biao LI
;
Rui-Zhi LIU
;
Ri-Gala JI
;
Zhong-Wen ZHAO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Age of Onset; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; epidemiology; pathology; Retrospective Studies; Seminoma; epidemiology; pathology; Testicular Neoplasms; epidemiology; pathology
- From: National Journal of Andrology 2005;11(6):445-447
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo improve the diagnosis and treatment of testicular tumor.
METHODSEighty-seven cases of testicular tumor were retrospectively studied.
RESULTSOf the total number, 79 cases were pathologically diagnosed as germ cell tumor (90.1%), among which there were 44 cases of seminoma (55.7%) and 7 cases of benign tumor (8.1%). Nonseminoma germ cell tumor (NSGCT) was found mainly among those under 5 and from 18 to 40 years of age, while seminoma chiefly among those beyond 17, and testis tumor was rare among those between 5 and 17 years old (1 case only). Three-year and 5-year survival rates of seminoma and NSGCT were 90.6% and 81.3%, and 83.3% and 56.7%, respectively.
CONCLUSION(1) Testicular tumors are mostly germ cell tumors. (2) NSGCT develops mainly among those under the age of 5 and from 18 to 40. (3) Seminoma is rare in those under 18. (4) Testicular tumor rarely develops among those between 5 and 17 years old. (5)Three-year and 5-year survival rates for seminoma are higher than those for NSGCT.
