Saudi oncology society and Saudi urology association combined clinical management guidelines for testicular germ cell tumors

Mohammed Alotaibi; Shouki Bazarbashi; Sultan Alkhateeb; Ashraf Abusamra; Danny Rabah; Mubarak Almansour; Esam Murshid; Abdullah Alsharm; Imran Ahmad; Khalid Alghamdi; Ahmad Saadeddin; Abdullah Alghamdi

doi:10.4103/0974-7796.140978

Saudi oncology society and Saudi urology association combined clinical management guidelines for testicular germ cell tumors

Urol Ann. 2014 Oct;6(4):290-5. doi: 10.4103/0974-7796.140978.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Oncology center Section of Medical Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, King Khaled Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ; Princess Al-Johora Al-Ibrahim Centre for Cancer Research (Uro-Oncology Research Chair), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Oncology department, Princess Noura Oncology Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Department of Oncology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ Department of Oncology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁹ Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰ Division of Urology, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
¹¹ Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
¹² Department of Urology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

In this report, updated guidelines for the evaluation, medical, and surgical management of germ cell tumor of testes are resented. They are categorized according the stage of the disease using the tumor-node-metastasis staging system 7(th) edition. The recommendations are presented with supporting level of evidence.

Keywords: Guidelines; Saudi; management; testicular germ cell tumors.