Background: No compelling evidence is available about surveillance and follow-up of patients with testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT). Methods: In the light of the best clinical evidence, the Italian Germ cell cancer Group (IGG) and the Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica (AIOM) set up a multidisciplinary national consensus conference, involving 42 leading experts and 3 TGCT survivors. A minimum of 50% of votes was required in order to achieve a consensus recommendation on 29 questions. Results: Recommendations have been summarized in three tables, divided by stage I seminoma, stage I nonseminoma and the advanced disease, which may be useful for clinicians to appropriately choose the clinical investigation and its timing during the surveillance and follow-up of TGCT patients based on an accurate estimation of their risk of disease relapse. Conclusions: The IGG-AIOM consensus recommendations may help clinicians to choose appropriate clinical investigations for the surveillance and follow-up of TGCT patients.

Banna, G., Nicolai, N., Palmieri, G., Ottaviano, M., Balzarini, L., Barone, D., et al. (2019). Recommendations for surveillance and follow-up of men with testicular germ cell tumors: a multidisciplinary consensus conference by the Italian Germ cell cancer Group and the Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY, 137(May 2019), 154-164 [10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.03.006].

Recommendations for surveillance and follow-up of men with testicular germ cell tumors: a multidisciplinary consensus conference by the Italian Germ cell cancer Group and the Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica

DA POZZO, LUIGI FILIPPO;Guerra L.;
2019

Abstract

Background: No compelling evidence is available about surveillance and follow-up of patients with testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT). Methods: In the light of the best clinical evidence, the Italian Germ cell cancer Group (IGG) and the Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica (AIOM) set up a multidisciplinary national consensus conference, involving 42 leading experts and 3 TGCT survivors. A minimum of 50% of votes was required in order to achieve a consensus recommendation on 29 questions. Results: Recommendations have been summarized in three tables, divided by stage I seminoma, stage I nonseminoma and the advanced disease, which may be useful for clinicians to appropriately choose the clinical investigation and its timing during the surveillance and follow-up of TGCT patients based on an accurate estimation of their risk of disease relapse. Conclusions: The IGG-AIOM consensus recommendations may help clinicians to choose appropriate clinical investigations for the surveillance and follow-up of TGCT patients.
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Consensus; Follow-up; Germ cell tumor; Nonseminoma; Recommendation; Risk factor; Seminoma; Surveillance; Consensus; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Seminoma; Testicular Neoplasms
English
2019
137
May 2019
154
164
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Banna, G., Nicolai, N., Palmieri, G., Ottaviano, M., Balzarini, L., Barone, D., et al. (2019). Recommendations for surveillance and follow-up of men with testicular germ cell tumors: a multidisciplinary consensus conference by the Italian Germ cell cancer Group and the Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY, 137(May 2019), 154-164 [10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.03.006].
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