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Testicular germ-cell tumours and penile squamous cell carcinoma: Appropriate management makes the difference
Testicular germ-cell tumours and penile squamous cell carcinoma: Appropriate management makes the difference
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- W.B. Saunders Ltd, 2018.
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Abstract
- Germ-cell tumours (GCT) of the testis and penile squamous cell carcinoma (PeSCC) are a rare and a very rare uro-genital cancers, respectively. Both tumours are well defined entities in terms of management, where specific recommendations - in the form of continuously up-to-dated guide lines- are provided. Impact of these tumour is relevant. Testicular GCT affects young, healthy men at the beginning of their adult life. PeSCC affects older men, but a proportion of these patients are young and the personal consequences of the disease may be devastating. Deviation from recommended management may be a reason of a significant prognostic worsening, as proper treatment favourably impacts on these tumours, dramatically on GCT and significantly on PeSCC. RARECAREnet data may permit to analyse how survivals may vary according to geographical areas, histology and age, leading to assume that non-homogeneous health-care resources may impact the cure and definitive outcomes. In support of this hypothesis, some epidemiologic datasets and clinical findings would indicate that survival may improve when appropriate treatments are delivered, linked to a different accessibility to the best health institutions, as a consequence of geographical, cultural and economic barriers. Finally, strong clues based on epidemiological and clinical data support the hypothesis that treatment delivered at reference centres or under the aegis of a qualified multi-institutional network is associated with a better prognosis of patients with these malignancies. The ERN EURACAN represents the best current European effort to answer this clinical need.
- Subjects :
- Oncology
Male
Survival
030232 urology & nephrology
Disease
Carcinoma
Community network
Europe
Germ cell and embryonal
Neoplasms
Penis neoplasms
Rare diseases
Squamous cell
Tertiary care centres
Testicular neoplasms
Surgery
0302 clinical medicine
Epidemiology
Testicular neoplasm
Referral and Consultation
General Medicine
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Tertiary care centre
Survival Rate
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Lymphatic Metastasis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Human
medicine.medical_specialty
Penile squamous cell carcinoma
Socio-culturale
Cancer Care Facilities
03 medical and health sciences
Penis neoplasm
Rare Disease
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Penile Neoplasms
Neoplasm Staging
Penis Neoplasms
business.industry
Cancer Care Facilitie
Lymphatic Metastasi
medicine.disease
Testicular germ cell
Adult life
Penile Neoplasm
Proper treatment
Neoplasm
Lymph Node Excision
business
Delivery of Health Care
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a07692e1eb572acf6de27613f8111637