Primary Chemotherapy for Stage II Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis

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Between 1979 and 1989, 122 patients with clinical stage II testicular nonseminoma were treated with primary platinum-based combination chemotherapy following orchiectomy. Of the patients 58 had Royal Marsden Hospital stage IIA (nodes less than 2 cm. in diameter) and the other 64 had stage IIB (nodes 2 to 5 cm. diameter) disease. With a median followup after chemotherapy of 5.5 years, 118 patients (97%) were...

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