Testicular cancer surgery

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Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for testicular cancer. Radical inguinal orchiectomy is recommended for every patient with testicular cancer for cure and histology.

Surgery

Radical inguinal orchiectomy

Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection

  • RPLND may be done at the same time as an orchiectomy, or it can be done later during another surgery.

Salvage surgery

References

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  2. Mosharafa AA, Foster RS, Bihrle R, Koch MO, Ulbright TM, Einhorn LH, Donohue JP (August 2003). "Does retroperitoneal lymph node dissection have a curative role for patients with sex cord-stromal testicular tumors?". Cancer. 98 (4): 753–7. doi:10.1002/cncr.11573. PMID 12910519.
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  4. Foster RS, Donohue JP (June 2000). "Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for the management of clinical stage I nonseminoma". J. Urol. 163 (6): 1788–92. PMID 10799183.
  5. Stephenson AJ, Sheinfeld J (2004). "The role of retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in the management of testicular cancer". Urol. Oncol. 22 (3): 225–33, discussion 234–5. doi:10.1016/j.urolonc.2004.04.029. PMID 15271322.
  6. "NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Testicular cancer. National comprehensive cancer network, 2019; https://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/testicular.pdf."


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