Primary Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Seminoma Metastatic to the Retroperitoneum.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Primary surgical treatment with retroperitoneal lymph node dissection aims to accurately stage and treat patients with node-positive pure seminoma while avoiding long-term risks of chemotherapy or radiation, traditional standard-of-care treatments.

Materials and methods

We reported the pathologic and oncologic outcomes of patients with pure seminoma treated with primary retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in a retrospective, single-institution case series over 10 years. The primary outcome was 2-year recurrence-free survival stratified by adjuvant management strategy (surveillance vs adjuvant chemotherapy).

Results

Forty-five patients treated with primary retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for pure testicular seminoma metastatic to the retroperitoneum wer

SUBMITTER: Matulewicz RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11692455 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature