Bilateral testicular germ cell tumours: a systematic review

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 110; no. 8; pp. 1102 - 1109
• Main Authors: Zequi, Stenio de Cassio, da Costa, Walter Henriques, Santana, Thiago B.M., Favaretto, Ricardo L., Sacomani, Carlos A.R., Guimaraes, Gustavo C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2012; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; bilateral testicular cancer; bilateral testicular germ cell tumour; Biological and medical sciences; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Male; Male genital diseases; Medical sciences; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - mortality; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - pathology; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - therapy; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - mortality; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - pathology; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - therapy; Neoplasms, Second Primary - mortality; Neoplasms, Second Primary - pathology; Neoplasms, Second Primary - therapy; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Testicular Neoplasms - mortality; Testicular Neoplasms - pathology; Testicular Neoplasms - therapy; testis cancer; testis germ cell tumour; Tumors; Young Adult; Nephrology; Bilateral; Malignant tumor; Review; Testicle; testis germ cell tumour; Male genital system; Urology; Germ cell tumor; Testicle tumor; bilateral testicular cancer; bilateral testicular germ cell tumour; testis cancer; Male genital diseases; Testicular diseases; Testicle cancer; Bibliographic review; Cancer

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Bilateral testicular germ cell tumours (BTGCTs) are rare neoplasms. Most previously published studies consist of case reports or small retrospective case series. Little is known about their epidemiological and clinicopathological charact...