The Importance of Repeat Imaging Prior to Treatment Decision-making in Testicular Cancer: Commentary From the Inaugural Global Society of Rare Genitourinary Tumors Summit.

Testicular cancer is a rare cancer that often affects young and otherwise healthy patients. Imaging plays a critical role in the staging and surveillance of patients with testicular cancer. Indeterminate findings on staging or surveillance imaging, can lead to challenging management decisions for clinicians and patients. In this article, we review the importance of short-interval, repeat imaging for several scenarios faced by patients with testicular cancer and their clinicians. The challenging scenarios and recommendations provided in this article summarize the discussion from the inaugural Global Society of Rare Genitourinary Tumors (GSRGT) Summit held on December 11-12, 2020.

Clinical genitourinary cancer. 2022 Dec 22 [Epub ahead of print]

Kristen McAlpine, Roderick Clark, Philippe E Spiess, Andrea Necchi, Kenneth Gage, Robert J Hamilton

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON., Department of Genitourinary Oncology and Department of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL., IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy., Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL., Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. Electronic address: .