How to improve adherence of guidelines for localized testicular cancer surveillance: A Delphi consensus study.

ABSTRACT: Stage-I testicular germ-cell tumor (TGCT) has excellent cure rates. Surveillance is fully included in patient's management, particularly during the first years of follow-up. Surveillance guidelines differ between the academic societies, mainly concerning imaging frequency and long-term follow-up. We evaluated surveillance practice and schedules followed by French specialists and set up a DELPHI method to obtain a consensual surveillance program with an optimal schedule for patients with localized TGCT. First, an online survey on surveillance practice of stage-I TGCT based on clinical-cases was conducted among urologists, radiation-oncologists and medical-oncologists. These results were compared to ESMO/EAU and AFU guidelines. Then a panel of experts assessed surveillance proposals followin

SUBMITTER: Da Silva A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9619048 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature