Actual frequency of imaging during follow-up of testicular cancer in Israel-a comparison with the guidelines.

Objectives: Computed tomography (CT) examinations are frequent in follow-up care of testicular cancer (TC) but may increase the risk for other cancers. We wanted to assess the actual number of CT and X-ray examinations within the first 5 years after a diagnosis of TC in Israel during 2003-2007.

Methods: The database of Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel, was searched for TC patients diagnosed in 2003 to 2007 by direct linkage with the Israel National Cancer Registry.

Testicular cancer among US men aged 50 years and older.

Background: The incidence of testicular cancer in the United States (US) has substantially increased in recent decades. The majority of testicular cancers are germ cell tumors (TGCT), which are the most commonly occurring malignancies among men aged 15-44 years in the US. To date, few studies have focused on testicular cancer among men aged ≥ 50 years.

A novel method for identifying settings for well-motivated ecologic studies of cancer.

A low within-country variability and a large between-country variability in cancer incidence may indicate that ecologic factors are involved in the etiology of the disease. The aim of this study is to explore the within- and between-country variability of cancer incidence to motivate high-quality ecologic studies. We extracted age-standardized incidence rate estimates (world standard population) from 135 regions for the ten most frequent invasive cancers in Europe for non-Hispanic white populations from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Volume X.

Mortality of Testicular Cancer in East and West Germany 20 Years after Reunification: A Gap Not Closed Yet.

Background: The decline of testicular cancer mortality in East Germany began in the 1980s, about 10 years later than that recorded in West Germany. We aimed at providing up-to-date time trends of testicular cancer mortality rates in Germany.

Material And Methods: Mortality data from East Germany (1971-2010) and West Germany (1954-2010) were provided by the Federal Bureau of Statistics.

Risk of contralateral second primary breast cancer according to hormone receptor status in Germany.

Introduction: Hormone receptor (HR) status has become an established target in treatment strategies of breast cancer. Population-based estimates of contralateral breast cancer (CBC) incidence by HR subtype in particular are limited. The aim of this study was to provide detailed data on CBC incidence for Germany.

Risk of second primary cancers after testicular cancer in East and West Germany: a focus on contralateral testicular cancers.

Testicular cancer survival rates improved dramatically after cisplatin-based therapy was introduced in the 1970s. However, chemotherapy and radiation therapy are potentially carcinogenic. The purpose of this study was to estimate the risk of developing second primary cancers including the risk associated with primary histologic type (seminoma and non-seminoma) among testicular cancer survivors in Germany.

Incidence patterns and trends of malignant gonadal and extragonadal germ cell tumors in Germany, 1998-2008.

Background: Malignant gonadal (GGCT) and extragonal germ cell tumors [GCT (EGCT)] are thought to originate from primordial germ cells. In contrast to well reported population-based data of GGCTs in males, analyses of GGCTs in females and EGCTs in both sexes remain limited.

Methods: In a pooling project of nine population-based cancer registries in Germany for the years 1998-2008, 16,883 malignant GCTs and their topographical sites were identified using ICD-O morphology and topography for persons aged 15 years and older.

Frequency of computed tomography examinations in the follow-up care of testicular cancer patients - an evaluation of patterns of care in Germany.

Background: Exposure to radiation resulting from diagnostic imaging procedures probably increases late cancer risk. Patterns of care regarding the application of computed tomography (CT) imaging in testicular cancer patients were investigated.

Methods: The database of a large German health insurance company comprising 850,000 insured men was searched for cases of testicular cancer arising in the years 2005 and 2006.

Radio-opacity and incidental identified mechanical complications of totally implantable venous access devices placed in the chest.

Background: Totally implantable venous access devices (TIVAD) may be associated with different complications. Certain mechanical port disorders can easily be diagnosed on chest radiographs if the implanted systems are radiopaque and well visible. There are no reports regarding the visibility of TIVAD on chest X-rays.

Population-based hormone receptor-specific incidence trends of breast cancer in Germany.

Objectives: Several countries reported a drop in prescription of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the 2000s, followed by decreases in breast cancer incidence among postmenopausal women aged 50-69 years. The aim of this study was to provide hormone receptor specific incidence rates of breast cancer in Germany.

Methods: Breast cancer data were extracted from the cancer registries of the Federal States of Brandenburg and Saarland and the area of Munich for the period from 1998 to 2007.