Long-term results of radiotherapy for early-stage testicular seminoma. 2005

Allie M Garcia-Serra, and Robert A Zlotecki, and Christopher G Morris, and Robert J Amdur
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

OBJECTIVE We conducted an outcome and complications analysis of patients treated with adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) for early-stage testicular seminoma over a 35-year period at the University of Florida. METHODS All 73 patients had the classic seminoma histology. No patient received chemotherapy as initial treatment. There were 57, 14, and 2 patients with Royal Marsden stage I, IIA, and IIB disease, respectively. All received RT to the paraaortic (PAN) and pelvic fields. One-third of the patients received prophylactic RT to mediastinal/supraclavicular fields. RESULTS Median follow up was 15 years. Median RT dose to PAN and pelvic fields was 25 Gy. Local control and cause-specific survival at 20 years were 95% and 96%, respectively. Of the 3 recurrences, 1 was salvaged with chemotherapy. Subset analysis of 41 patients revealed 1 patient who developed peptic ulcer disease and 11 patients with gastrointestinal reflux symptoms after RT. Thirty-two patients fathered a child before or after RT. Cardiovascular complications were not greater in those treated with prophylactic RT to the mediastinal region. The rate of nontesticular second malignancy for the overall group was 8% at 15 years. CONCLUSIONS Patients treated with adjuvant low-dose RT to the paraaortic and pelvic fields for treatment of early-stage seminoma enjoy an excellent long-term cure rate with minimal risk of late RT complications.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007172 Erectile Dysfunction The inability in the male to have a PENILE ERECTION due to psychological or organ dysfunction. Impotence,Male Impotence,Male Sexual Impotence,Dysfunction, Erectile,Impotence, Male,Impotence, Male Sexual,Sexual Impotence, Male
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009381 Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced Tumors, cancer or other neoplasms produced by exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. Radiation-Induced Cancer,Cancer, Radiation-Induced,Radiation-Induced Neoplasms,Cancer, Radiation Induced,Cancers, Radiation-Induced,Neoplasm, Radiation-Induced,Neoplasms, Radiation Induced,Radiation Induced Cancer,Radiation Induced Neoplasms,Radiation-Induced Cancers,Radiation-Induced Neoplasm
D011832 Radiation Injuries Harmful effects of non-experimental exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation in VERTEBRATES. Radiation Sickness,Radiation Syndrome,Injuries, Radiation,Injury, Radiation,Radiation Injury,Radiation Sicknesses,Radiation Syndromes,Sickness, Radiation,Sicknesses, Radiation,Syndrome, Radiation,Syndromes, Radiation
D011878 Radiotherapy The use of IONIZING RADIATION to treat malignant NEOPLASMS and some benign conditions. Radiotherapy, Targeted,Targeted Radiotherapy,Radiation Therapy,Radiation Therapy, Targeted,Radiation Treatment,Targeted Radiation Therapy,Radiation Therapies,Radiation Therapies, Targeted,Radiation Treatments,Radiotherapies,Radiotherapies, Targeted,Targeted Radiation Therapies,Targeted Radiotherapies,Therapies, Radiation,Therapies, Targeted Radiation,Therapy, Radiation,Therapy, Targeted Radiation,Treatment, Radiation
D002318 Cardiovascular Diseases Pathological conditions involving the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM including the HEART; the BLOOD VESSELS; or the PERICARDIUM. Adverse Cardiac Event,Cardiac Events,Major Adverse Cardiac Events,Adverse Cardiac Events,Cardiac Event,Cardiac Event, Adverse,Cardiac Events, Adverse,Cardiovascular Disease,Disease, Cardiovascular,Event, Cardiac
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D005767 Gastrointestinal Diseases Diseases in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. Cholera Infantum,Gastrointestinal Disorders,Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders,Gastrointestinal Disorders, Functional,Disease, Gastrointestinal,Diseases, Gastrointestinal,Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder,Gastrointestinal Disease,Gastrointestinal Disorder,Gastrointestinal Disorder, Functional
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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