Testicular germ cell tumors are rare genitourinary malignancies, but they represent the most common malignancies in men aged 15 to 30 years. Whereas the initial steps of management such as staging imaging studies, inguinal orchiectomy, and tumor marker can be performed elsewhere, the surgical and cytotoxic therapy needs to be done at reference centers. Regionalization of testis care has been shown to result in superior oncological outcome.
The Urologic clinics of North America. 2024 Apr 09 [Epub]
Axel Heidenreich, Pia Paffenholz, David Pfister
Department of Urology, Uro-Oncology, Robot-Assisted and Specialized Urologic Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, Cologne 50937, Germany; Department of Urology, Medical University Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: ., Department of Urology, Uro-Oncology, Robot-Assisted and Specialized Urologic Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, Cologne 50937, Germany.