1. [Epidemiology of tumors of the testis].
- Author
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Mandron E and Schill H
- Subjects
- Adult, Aged, Dysgerminoma mortality, Dysgerminoma prevention & control, France epidemiology, Hospitals, Military, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Teratoma mortality, Teratoma prevention & control, Testicular Neoplasms mortality, Testicular Neoplasms prevention & control, Dysgerminoma epidemiology, Teratoma epidemiology, Testicular Neoplasms epidemiology
- 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.
- Published
- 1992