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ArticleSingapore medical journal2025

Testicular tumours in children: a single-centre experience.

Sajid Ali, Tariq Latif, Muhammad Ali Sheikh, Shazia Perveen, Muhammad Bilal, Albash Sarwar

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Sajid AliDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan.
Tariq LatifDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali SheikhDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan.
Shazia PerveenDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Indus Medical College Hospital, Tando Muhammad Khan, Pakistan.
Muhammad BilalDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan.
Albash SarwarDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan.

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Abstract

introductionTesticular tumours in childhood have diverse characteristics for different age ranges. This study aimed to describe the pattern, presentation and outcomes of primary testicular tumours in a paediatric population.

methodsA retrospective study was conducted from January 2010 to December 2020 on children (≤18 years) with a diagnosis of primary testicular tumour. Baseline demographics, clinical characteristics, pathology, treatment and outcomes of these patients were analysed. The data were entered into IBM SPSS Statistics version 20.0. Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were applied to find the statistical significance, which was set at P value ≤ 0.05.

resultsThe study included 115 males, with 85 (73.9%) patients in the prepubertal age range with a mean age of 2.53 ± 2.06 years and 30 (26.1%) patients in the postpubertal group with a mean age of 15.73 ± 1.25 years. Yolk sac tumour was the most common (62.6%) histological subtype. Majority (46.1%) of patients had stage I disease on presentation, while 29.6% had stage IV disease. All patients underwent upfront high inguinal radical orchiectomy, which was followed by platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy in 67% of the patients. The five-year event-free survival and overall survival for all patients were 75% and 91%, respectively.

conclusionPrimary testicular tumours follow a bimodal age distribution pattern. Majority of patients can be cured with platinum-based chemotherapy despite having advanced disease at presentation.

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Testicular NeoplasmsAdolescentChemotherapy, AdjuvantChildChild, PreschoolEndodermal Sinus TumorHumansInfantMaleNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalNeoplasm StagingOrchiectomyRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeChemotherapyoutcomepaediatricprimary testicular tumour

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PMID37721304
PMCPMC12200819

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