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Nonguideline directed care of patients with testicular cancer is common, most frequently in the form om inappropriate imaging and overtreatment. What does it lead to?

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Delayed definitive therapy
Unnecessary morbidity
Higher rates of relaps

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How common is testicular cancer in western society?

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3-10 cases per 100,000 males/year

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Hur stor andel av urologisk cancer utgörs av testikelcancer?

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5%

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What is the most common type of testicular cancer and what are the two subgroups?

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Germ cell tumours (90-95%)

Non-seminoma
Pure seminoma

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Utredning för misstänkt testikeltumör?

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Kliniskt examination
-skrotum
- palpabel resistens i buken
-gynekomasti
-palp supraklavikulärt
Ultraljud
Tumörmarkörer
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What are the Serum Tumour markers (STMs) for testicular cancer?

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AFP: produced by yolk sac cells

hCG expression of trophoblasts

LDH (lactate dehydrogenase)

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When is hCG elevated with testicular cancer?

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  • all choriocarcinomas

- 50% embryonal carcinomas

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What information can you gain from LDH (lactase dehydrogenase)-levels with testicular cancer?

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  • less specific
  • proportional to tumour volume
  • elevated in 80% of advanced testicular cancer
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What is the proper course of action with life threatening disseminated testicular cancer?

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Lifesaving chemotherapy with delayed orchiectomy after completion of induction chemotherapy

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When should you perform and orchiectomy after diagnosing testicular cancer?

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Preferably within 24-48 hours and no later than 10 days

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When should you consider performing organ-sparing surgery with testicular cancer?

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Synchronous bilateral testicular tumours
Metachronous contralateral tumours
A tumour in a solitary testis with normal pre-operative testosterone levels

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What are the riskfactors for contralateral testicular tumours?

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testicular volume <12 mL

a history of cryptorchidism or poor spermatogenesis

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When is a contralateral biopsy not necessary (when performing surgery for testicular cancer)?

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In patients older than 40 years without risk factors

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What information do you need for a complete staging and grading of testicular cancer?

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Histopathology
Postoperative tumour markers
CT

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What are the histopathological criteria for testicular cancer?

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  • pT category
  • histological type
  • peri-tumoural venous and/or lymphatic invasion
  • presence of GCNIS
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Mention a few Non-seminomal cancers of the testicle:

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Embryonal carcinoma
Yolk sac  tumour
Trophoblastic tumours
Teratoma, post-pubertal type
Teratoma with somatic-type malignancies
Mixed germ cell tumours
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Mention two Benign tumours of the testicle:

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Spermatocytic tumour

Teratoma, prepubertal type

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Hur stor andel av testikelcancer utgörs av icke “Germ cell tumours”?

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2-4% hos vuxna män

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When should you perform a FDG PET CT with testicular cancer?

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Only if you have a residual mass at least 6 week after chemotherapy when treating a seminoma

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What are teh progsnostic risk factors for stage 1 testicular cancer?
(answer for both seminoma and non-seminoma)

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Seminoma:
tumour size >4 cm
invasion of rete testis

Non-seminoma:
vascular invation in blood or lymphatic vessels
percentage of embryonal carcinoma >50%
proliferation rate >70%

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What Germ Cell tumours doesn’t need any other therapy than orchiectomy?

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Spermatocytic tumour

Prepubertal teratoma

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What is the relapse risk with stage 1 seminoma?

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15-20% in 5 years

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How do you treat a relapse of testicular seminoma?

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What is the overall cancer-specific survival rate of testicular seminomas?

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97-100%

-even postponed therapy is efficient

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What is the main drawback with surveillance instead of chemotherapy with testicular seminomas?
The need for more intesive follow-up
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How should you treat stage 1 testicular seminoma?
Either: Surveilance- at very low risk -tumour size <4 cm without rete testis invasion or One-course carboplatin-based chemotherapy
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How should you NOT treat stage one testicular seminoma?
Radiotherapy | Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLD)
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Vad är uppföljningsprogrammet för stadium 1 testikel seminom?
DToch tumörmarkörer var 6:e månad i 2 år | DT och tumörmarkörer på slutet av år 3 och 5
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When does a relaps in stadium 1 NSGCT (non seminoma germ cell tumour) most often occur?
80% in the first year
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How often does stadium 1 NSGCT (non seminoma germ cell tumour) relapse?
30%
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Where does stadium 1 NSGCT (non seminoma germ cell tumour) most often relapse?
60% in the retroperitoneum
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How common is subclinical metastases in clinical stadium 1 NSGCT (non seminoma germ cell tumour)?
up to 30%
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What is the result of surveillance vs Adjuvant chemotherapy in stadium 1 NSGCT (non seminoma germ cell tumour)?
Surveillance --> 30% recurrence/relapse | Adjuvant chemotherapy --> <2% recurrence/relapse
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What is risk-adapted treatment in stadium 1 NSGCT (non seminoma germ cell tumours)?
``` Low risk (stage 1A- pT1, no vascular invasion) --> surveillance (if not willing one course of BEP) ``` High risk (stage 1B, pT2-4) --> one(two) courses of BEP
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What does BEP stand for in the treatment for testicular cancer?
Cisplatin Etoposide Bleomycine
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When should you perform a nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection on patients with stage 1 NSGC (non seminoma germ cell tumours)?
to highly selected aptients only: | those with contraindication to adjuvant chemotherapy and unwilling to accept surveillance
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When should you perform a Brain scan (CT/MRI) on a patient with metastatic testicular cancer?
I case of symptoms and patients with metastatic disease with multiple lung metastases and/or high beta-hCG values.
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Vilken utredning är obligat vid misstänkt metastaserad testikelcancer?
``` UL testiklar Tumörmarkörer DT-thorax+buk MRI kotpelare OM patienten har symptom DT-hjärna/MR OM patienten har symptom eller multipla lungmetastaser och/eller högt beta-hCG ```
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Vad är skillnaden mellan stadium M1a och M1b vid metastaserad testikelcancer?
M1a: metastaser i regionala lymfkörtlar och/eller i lungorna M1b: andra metastaser
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Vad innebär stadium 1 testikelcancer?
Sjukdom begränsad till testikeln
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Vad innebär stadium II testikelcancer?
Retroperitoneala lymfkörtelmetastaser IIA <2 cm IIB 2-5 cm eller fler än 5st IIC >5 cm
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Vad innebär stadium III testikelcancer?
IIIA lymfkörtelmetastaser som inte är regionala IIIB lungmetastaser IIIC metastaser till andra organ
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Which patients with metastatic testicular cancer have a poor prognosis?
Not any patients with seminoma ``` Patients with non-seminoma and: mediastinal primary non-pulmoary visceral metastases AFP >10,000 ng/mL or hCG >50,000 IU/L (10,000 ng/mL9 or LD > 10 x ULN ```
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What is the standard treatment for stage IIA/B seminoma
Radiotherapy 2:hands alternativ är BEPx3
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What is the standard treatment for stage IIA/B NSGCT (non seminoma germ cell tumour)?
Chemotherapy and RPLND of residual disease
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What is the one exception to chemotherapy for stage IIA/B NSGCT (non seminoma germ cell tumour)?
Stage IIA NSGCT & pure teratoma without elevated markers --> nerve sparing RPLND or surveillance
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What is the cure rate of non-seminoma stage IIA testicular cancer?
98%
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Which factors correlate with preserved fertility after chemotherapy for testicular cancer?
cisplatin-dose FSH age
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What can you expect when it comes to fertility after chemotherapy for testicular cancer?
Most men with normal pre-treatment sperm analysis will return to normal by 3 years after chemo
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When is the spermatogenesis at its lowest after chemotherapy for testicular cancer?
10-14 months after chemotherapy
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How common it late realapse (>2 years) in seminoma? non-seminoma?
seminoma 1,4% | non-seminoma 3,2%
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What are the differential diagnosises when a patient has a late relapse of testicular cancer?
``` Metastases from a new contralateral primary A new primary EGGCT Metastases from a new non - GCT primary Transformed teratoma Growing teratoma ```
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How do you treat late relapse (>2 years) NSGCT?
Surgery if incomplete result of surgery -->salvage chemotherapy rapidly rising hCG --> induction salvage chemotherapy before surgery

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