[Epidemiology of testicular tumors].

Abstract

Testicular tumours are rare tumours affecting young adults (75% of tumours are diagnosed between the ages of 25 and 40 years). The descriptive epidemiological study of the data of the literature reveals a considerable improvement in the prognosis of testicular cancers, particularly since the introduction of cisplatin in the 1980. An epidemiological study conducted on a series of 200 testicular tumours treated at Val-de-Grace military hospital between 1979 and 1989 confirms this improvement with a mortality rate of 7.5% for all stages and histological types combined, with a follow-up of 2 to 12 years.

• Authors: E Mandron, H Schill
• Journal: Annales d'urologie (Ann Urol (Paris)) Vol. 26 Issue 2 Pg. 71-5 ( 1992) ISSN: 0003-4401 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Epidémiologie des tumeurs du testicule.
• PMID: 1616304 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Age Factors
• Aged
• Follow-Up Studies
• Hospitals, Military
• Humans
• Incidence
• Male
• Mass Screening
• Middle Aged
• Military Personnel (statistics & numerical data)
• Neoplasm Staging
• Paris (epidemiology)
• Prognosis
• Registries
• Survival Rate
• Testicular Neoplasms (epidemiology, mortality, pathology)