How do you stage patients with testicular cancer who may have CSIS disease?
An ASCO 2020 poster from the German Testicular Cancer Study Group found that 37% of CSIS seminoma and nonseminoma were miscatagorized resulting in inappropriate therapy.
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
This always looks easy, but you have to be careful and have patience. Some mistakes occur because providers use the PRE-orchiectomy markers or immediate post-orchiectomy markers before they have a chance to normalize. Also, providers sometimes react to low abnormal stable markers which often are fal...
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