[Dysgerminoma of the ovary: a study of 13 cases (author's transl)]

Bull Cancer. 1981;68(5):465-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Thirteen cases of primary ovarian seminoma have been referred to the Claudius Regaud Cancer Center during the last 2 decades, patients' ages ranging form 10 to 41 years with a peak in the 20's. Two patients were treated by surgery as definitive therapy, the others underwent combined radiation therapy (dose range 25 to 45 Gy) following surgical excision. The 2 patients treated by surgery alone had pelvic recurrences, whereas only 2 local failures appeared in the group treated by surgery and radiotherapy. Ten patients are asymptomatic and clinically free of disease after a mean follow-up of 3.5 years, the mean survival time of the series being 6 years. Because of the generally improved prognosis, surgical oophoropexy is recommended before radiotherapy.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Castration
  • Child
  • Dysgerminoma / secondary
  • Dysgerminoma / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / etiology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / secondary
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Prognosis
  • Radiotherapy Dosage