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ReviewContemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland)2017

Radiotherapy in testicular germ cell tumours - a literature review.

Joanna Jonska-Gmyrek, Piotr Peczkowski, Wojciech Michalski, Grazyna Poniatowska, Agnieszka Zolciak-Siwinska, Beata Kotowicz, Pawel Wiechno, Magdalena Golawska, Maria Kowalska, Tomasz Demkow

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Review in Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joanna Jonska-GmyrekMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Piotr PeczkowskiMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Wojciech MichalskiMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Grazyna PoniatowskaMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Agnieszka Zolciak-SiwinskaMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Beata KotowiczMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Pawel WiechnoMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Magdalena GolawskaMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Maria KowalskaMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Tomasz DemkowMaria Skłodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular germ cell tumours (GCT) represent about 1-2% of malignant in men. The essential therapeutic option for early-stage GCT is radical orchiectomy (RO), except in situations that require immediate chemotherapy in patients with a massive dissemination and unequivocally elevated levels of tumour markers. Postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in patients with testicular seminoma in Clinical Stage I (CS I) is one of the treatment options next to active surveillance (AS) and chemotherapy (CHTH). Regardless of the procedure, five-year survival in this group of patients ranges between 97% and 100%. In the article, we present the literature review pertinent to therapeutic options, with a focus on radiotherapy. We have searched MEDLINE (PubMed) for all studies on patients with GCT treated with radiation therapy during the last 20 years, and the current therapeutic recommendations. We used the following keywords: germ cell tumours, testis, seminoma, non-seminoma, radiotherapy, outcome.

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germ cell tumoursnon-seminomaoutcomeradiotherapyseminomatestis

Identifiers

PMID29180926
PMCPMC5701577
OpenAlexW2748795727

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