Early complications and toxicities of testicular cancer therapy

Long-term survival of most testicular cancer patients has put a greater emphasis on treatment morbidity and complications. Vascular and bowel complications are the most common acute complications of retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy. Pulmonary, renal, and otic are common chemotherapy acute toxicities, and neutropenic infectious morbidity remains prevalent. Although low-dose abdominal radiotherapy is the usual contemporary treatment for seminoma, acute gastrointestinal morbidity must not be underestimated.

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Author Judd Wendell Moul Urology