[Relapse surveillance of patients with testicular germ cell tumor].

Germ-cell tumors are the most common solid tumors in young men. The follow-up of these patients is very important in their management. In stage I testicular cancer, surveillance is the standard for low-risk disease. In addition to the early detection of relapse, follow-up should be directed towards prevention, detection and treatment of late toxicity, and secondary malignancies. Follow up consists in physical examination, laboratory analysis and radiological imaging. Recently, guidelines recommend risk-adapted surveillance strategy, with a reduction of CT scans numbers, due to the recognition of the risk of ionizing radiation exposure. However, efforts to maintain adequate compliance with follow up are required.

Bulletin du cancer. 2019 Sep 05 [Epub ahead of print]

Emeline Orillard, Elodie Klajer, Elsa Kalbacher, Florence Joly, Alina David, Laure Hervé, Julien Viot, Guillaume Mouillet, Johann Barkatz, François Kleinclauss, Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin

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