Radiation Oncology

Testicular Cancer   

Questions discussed in this category



Would you biopsy lymph node to confirm recurrence/histology?  If confirmed, how do you decide between RT vs chemotherapy? If chemo - BEP x3 vs E...

Does patient age effect your approach? Would you consider RPLND for any patients in light of the phase II SEMS trial presented at the 2021 ASCO GU Ca...

Would you radiate? Surgery? Chemo? Follow with short interval scans? How would size of adenopathy (e.g. <2cm vs larger) and time of recurrence (wi...

Would a history of prior vasectomy in a stage IIA seminoma be an indication to include the inguinal nodes in the RT treatment field?

Is there any advantage to primary RT as opposed to just orchiectomy? Additionally, in order to confirm Tis, a biopsy is required, which is typica...

The Chung validation study did not find that size > 4cm or rete testis invasion are risk factors for relapse and the current NCCN guideline discour...


Papers discussed in this category


Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2012-04

Lancet Oncol, 2022 Oct 10