Testicular Cancer and Other Tumors of the Genitourinary Tract

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Pre-treatment Classification of Tumors of the Testis....Pages 1-7
Histopathological Classification of Testicular Tumors....Pages 9-27
Rare Tumors of Testes and Adnexal Tumors....Pages 29-39
Tumors of the Testis — Aetiology, Epidemiology and Animal Models....Pages 41-54
Cell Kinetics in Human Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis....Pages 55-62
Tumor Markers in Testicular Cancer: A Review of 12 Years Experience at the NCI....Pages 63-87
Placental-Like Alkaline Phosphatase as a Tumor Marker in Seminoma....Pages 89-93
Tumors of the Testicle: Recent Advances in Diagnosis....Pages 95-98
Tumors of the Testis: Lymphography and other Imaging Techniques....Pages 99-107
The Role of the CT-Scan in Diagnosis and Follow-Up in Patients with Metastatic Testicular Cancer....Pages 109-113
Tumors of the Testis — Prognostic Factors....Pages 115-118
Age — Adjusted Mortality Rates for Testicular Neoplasm in Italy between 1969 and 1978....Pages 119-124
Tumors of the Testis — The Basic Concept of Therapy....Pages 125-129
Current Controversies in the Management of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors....Pages 131-140
Surveillance after Orchidectomy for Clinical Stage 1 Testicular Non-Seminoma....Pages 141-148
Unilateral Versus Bilateral Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Non-Seminomatous Testicular Germ Cell Tumors....Pages 149-155
Tumors of the Testis — The Role of Surgery after Chemotherapy....Pages 157-159
Combined Chemotherapy and Surgery in treatment of Bulky Germ-Cell Tumors: Comparison of Two Induction Regimens and Evaluation of Poor Prognostic Factors....Pages 161-169
The Role of Cytoreductive Surgery and Chemotherapy in Advanced Disseminated Nonseminomatous Testicular Cancer — a Randomized Study....Pages 171-178
Round Table: Surgery of Testis Tumors: Controversial Aspects....Pages 179-181
Radiation therapy of Testicular Germinomas, Stanford University Series (1956–1980)....Pages 183-195
Irradiation of Seminoma....Pages 197-208
Tumor of the Testis — New Drugs and Drug Combinations....Pages 209-214
Tumors of the Testis — Induction and Maintenance Chemotherapy for Disseminated Non-seminnomas: The Eortic Experience....Pages 215-217
Management of Bulky Advanced Disseminated Testicular Cancer....Pages 219-230
Effect of Combination Chemotherapy Related to the Size of Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Metastases in Non Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumors: A Preliminary Report....Pages 231-235
Round Table: Chemotherapy of Testis Tumors....Pages 237-239
Testicular Function and Hormone Status in Patients with Malignant Germ Tumors Germ Tumors Before and after Treatment....Pages 241-252
Fertility in patients with cancer of the testis before and after treatment: fertility after surgery....Pages 253-255
Treatment of Teratoma and Embryonal Cell Carcinoma....Pages 257-261
Experience with Treatment of Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors of Testis in Turkey....Pages 263-268
Treatment of Male Choriocarcinoma....Pages 269-275
The Treatment of Choriocarcinoma: Discussion....Pages 277-278
Natural History of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Aspects of Tumor Morphology, Lymphatic and Haematogenous Metastatic Spread....Pages 279-280
Advances in Renal Cancer: Advances in Diagnosis....Pages 281-285
Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: Natural History and Response to Chemotherapy....Pages 287-301
Treatment of Renal Cancer Invading the Vena Cava and Right Atrium....Pages 303-306
Vindesine in Renal Cancer: An EORTC Study....Pages 307-309
Advances in Renal Cancer: Arguments Against Hormone Therapy....Pages 311-314
The Use of an Animal Model to Gain Insights into Bladder Cancer Therapy....Pages 315-327
Flow and Static Cytometries....Pages 329-336
Cell Markers in Bladder Cancer....Pages 337-350
Local Immune Response in Preneoplasia and in situ Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder....Pages 351-354
Evaluation of Blood Group Antigens A, B in Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder....Pages 355-362
Echography in Bladder Cancer Staging....Pages 363-378
Experiences with Transrectal and Transurethral Echography....Pages 379-383
Computed Tomography in Staging of Bladder Carcinoma....Pages 385-386
Intravesical Adriamycin in Patients with Carcinoma in Situ of the Urinary Bladder....Pages 387-389
Plasma Absorption and Tissue Concentrations of Adriamycin During Intravesical Therapy....Pages 391-397
Combination Chemotherapy with Cisplatin and VM-26 In Advanced Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder, An EORTC Study....Pages 399-402
Chemotherapy for G3-pTis Carcinoma of the Bladder....Pages 403-409
Treatment of Advanced Bladder Cancer....Pages 411-424
Combined Radio-Chemotherapy in Advanced Bladder Cancer....Pages 425-429
Irradiation of Advanced Bladder Cancer (T4)....Pages 431-442
The Natural History of Prostatic Cancer — The Argument for a no Treatment Policy....Pages 443-448
125-I-Implantation of Prostate Cancer....Pages 449-453
Hormone Therapy....Pages 455-461
LHRH Analogues in The Management of Prostatic Carcinoma....Pages 463-466
Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer — the Experience of the National Prostatic Cancer Project....Pages 467-474
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Adrenal Tumors....Pages 475-493
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Tumors of Renal Pelvis and Ureter....Pages 495-498
Tumors of the Epididymis....Pages 499-504
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer of the Penis....Pages 505-510
Results of Treatment of Carcinoma of The Penis....Pages 511-513
Carcinoma of the Seminal Vesicles....Pages 515-526
Back Matter....Pages 527-537