CLINICAL COURSE OF TESTICULAR TUMORS
USUALLY PRESENT WITH PAINLESS ENLARGEMENT OF TESTIS
MAY PRESENT WITH METASTASES
- NONSEMINOMAS (MORE COMMON)
- LYMPH NODES, LIVER AND LUNGS
- SEMINOMAS
- USUALLY JUST REGIONAL LYMPH NODES
TUMOR MARKERS (hCG AND AFP)
TREATMENT SUCCESS DEPENDS ON HISTOLOGY AND STAGE
- SEMINOMAS VERY SENSITIVE TO BOTH RADIO- AND CHEMOTHERAPY