Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Synchronous Bilateral Testicular Seminoma: A Case Report and a Review of the Pertinent Literature

Table 2

Select series, incidence of BGCT and synchronous stage I seminomas, therapy, and outcomes.

Author	Years studied	BGCT	S-BGCT	CS-BGCT	CS-BGCT Stage I	Adjuvant radiation	FS	Dose; (Gy)	Outcome
Patel et al. [2]	1935–44; 1977–86	19	4	2	2	2/2	—	—	***Died in <2 yrs
Wanderås et al. [3]	1953-1990	68	8	7	7/8 all stages	Likely All got RT	**Inver-; ted Y	30–40	—
Coogan et al. [4]	Unknown	21	5	3	2	2/2	—	—	NED
Ondrus et al. [6]	1977–2001	27	3	1	1	1/1	—	—	NED
Che et al. [7]	1978–1999	24	4	3	3	3/3	—	—	NED
Géczi et al. [9]	1988–1998	72	19	13	*8	5/19	—	—	5 yr OS 84%
Holzbeierlein et al. [10]	1950–2001	58	10	3	2/3	2/2	—	—	—
Theodore et al. [11]	1997–2002	45	14	9	1	—	—	—	—
Hentrich et al. [12]	1979–2003	47	9	4	2	1/2	—	—	NED

BGCT: bilateral germ cell tumor; S-BGCT: synchronous bilateral germ cell tumor; CS-BGCT: classic seminoma, synchronous bilateral germ cell tumor; FS: field size; *did not differentiate those who were CS-BGCT and stage I; **pre 1980, included groins in anterior field for higher risk patients; ***both who died in <2 yrs were treated in 1935–1944 era; —: not reported.