Lijecnicki vjesnik 2019;141(11-12)
Clinical guidelines for diagnostics, treatment and monitoring of patients with testicular cancer
Marija Gamulin, Stela Bulimbašić, Marijana Jazvić, Nikola Knežević, Milena Gnjidić, Tihana Boraska Jelavić, Tomislav Omrčen, Valdi Pešutić Pisac, Marijan Šitum, Ana Marija Alduk, Maja Drežnjak Madunić, Damir Miletić, Mislav Čonkaš, Tomislav Sorić
Abstract
Testicular tumors are the most common solid tumors in men between age 15- 34 years. The worldwide incidence of these tumors has doubled in the past 40 years. Germ cell tumors comprise 95% of malignant tumors arising in the testes and they are classified as seminoma and nonseminoma. Testicular cancer has high cure rates even in disseminated stage of disease. The chemotherapy mostly contributed to these results, but surgery is an unavoidable part of this success. In significant number of these patients treatment algorithms today have intention to offer the same cure rates with minimally aggressive therapy. The following text presents the clinical guidelines in order to standardize procedures and criteria for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients with testicular cancer in the Republic of Croatia.