[Clinical course and morphological characteristics of different types of seminoma].

A comparative analysis of morphological peculiarities and clinical course of seminoma makes the case for distinguishing three types of the tumor. Prognosis in cases of typical seminoma depends on the level of differentiation of tumor cell elements and stage of tumor. Alkylating drugs and radiotherapy should be a method of choice in treatment of patients with typical seminoma.

[Cytological diagnosis of nodular hyperplasia and cancer of the prostate].

The results of histological and cytologic examination of the material obtained from 289 transrectal punction biopsies of the prostate carried out in 278 patients were compared. Smears were prepared from bioptates and stained haematoxylineosin after the method of Papenheim, Papanicolaou modified by A. V.

[Germ cell tumors of the testis following orchiopexy].

Out of 335 patients with testicular neoplasms, cryptorchidism was concomitant in 84 cases (25%). 28 patients underwent orchiopexy at the age of 5-52 years. Tumor was detected, on the average, 14,4 years after the operation.

[Late results of the combined treatment of bladder cancer depending on the histological form of the tumor].

The writers present an analysis of the remote results of the combination therapy in 208 patients with cancer of the urinary bladder, depending on the histological form of the tumor. Radical surgery was performed in 193 patients, palliative--in 15. All types of surgical intervention were associated with radiotherapy in the pre- and postoperative period.

[Cryosurgical treatment of prostate gland cancer].

The authors share their experience with cryosurgical treatment of 38 patients with prostatic cancer (stage T3--in 9 patients, T4--in 29). The technic of cryotherapy is described. The former was employed in patients with complete obstruction of the cervico-urethral segment being nonresponsive to the hormone- and radiotherapy, and also for a life cystostome.