Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumours (EGGCTs)
Fig. 23.1 CT scan showing multiple left paraaortic and interaortico-caval LNs consistent with EGGCT. Teratoma was seen in most of them (Courtesy of Dr J-L Hoepffner, Onco-Urologist, Saint-Augustin Clinic and…
Diagnosis of UTUC
Fig. 10.1 (a, b) CT images showing hydronephrosis of the left kidney due to a distal left ureteric TCC The evaluation of the contralateral kidney is important because of the…
Diagnostic Approaches of Testicular Cancers
Histological types Markers βHCG AFP Choriocarcinoma +++100 % No Pure seminoma + 10 % No Yolk sac tumour No ++ Embryonal carcinoma No ++ Pure teratoma No No One must…
Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Pathology and Tumour Staging
Fig 9.1 (a, b) Papillary TCC of the renal pelvis and upper calyx (x) (Courtesy of A. Durlach, Pol Bouin Laboratory, University Hospital of Reims, France) The histopathology of upper…
Clinical Presentation of Testicular Tumours and Spreading Patterns
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Said Abdallah Al-Mamari and Salim Said Al-Busaidy (eds.)Urological Cancer Management10.1007/978-3-319-16301-7_19 19. Clinical Presentation of Testicular Tumours and Spreading Patterns Qais Mohamed Al-Hooti1 and Said Abdallah Al-Mamari1 (1) Urology Department, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman…
Epidemiology, Aetiological Factors and Prevention
Current age 10 years 20 years 30 years 30 0.01 0.35 2.54 40 0.34 2.57 8.18 50 2.31 8.12 13.73 60 6.41 12.59 14.92 70 7.73 10.64 N/A From Howlader…
Epidemiology and Aetiology
Fig. 12.1 New cases, deaths and 5-year relative survival of RCC patients in the USA (By Howlader et al. [3]) Kidney cancer affects mostly old age, in the sixth to…
Malignant Phaeochromocytoma (MPC)
Management of MPC Clinically suspected when signs-symptoms-elevated values of plasma and urinary methoxyamines persist after surgical excision of a tumour believed to be a benign phaeochromocytoma 18F-Dopa and methoxytyramine are…
Epidemiology, Pathology, Aetiological Factors, Prevention, Screening, Symptoms, and Signs
Epidemiology 430,000 new cases in the world in 2012: 330,000 men and 100,000 women Approximately 75 % of newly diagnosed UBTs are noninvasive Majority of patients ≥60 years at presentation…
