Purpose: The classification of the International Germ-Cell Cancer Collaborative Group (IGCCCG) has been a major advance in the management of germ-cell tumors, but relies on data of only 660 patients with seminoma treated between 1975 and 1990. We re-evaluated this classification in a database from a large international consortium.
Materials And Methods: Data on 2,451 men with metastatic seminoma treated with cisplatin- and etoposide-based first-line chemotherapy between 1990 and 2013 were collected from 30 institutions or collaborative groups in Australia, Europe, and North America.
Atezolizumab is a monoclonal antibody immune checkpoint inhibitor that binds to programmed death ligand 1 to selectively prevent its interaction with programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and B7.1 (CD80) receptors. We present a case of a 61-year-old man with metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the right ureter and urinary bladder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDocetaxel improved the outcome of patients with mCSPC and became standard of care after CHAARTED, STAMPEDE arm C and GETUG-AFU 15 clinical trials and after subsequent meta-analysis. Patients with high-volume (CHAARTED definition) and high-risk (LATITUDE definition) disease, who have good performance status and are fit for chemotherapy, seem to benefit the most from addition of docetaxel to the androgen deprivation therapy. Results from TITAN trial with apalutamide showed the activity in the same setting.
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