Dear Editor,Despite the substantial body of evidence describing the alternations in and impact of hormones after treatment of unilateral testicular germ cell tumors(GCTs),only a few studies have examined hormone level...Dear Editor,Despite the substantial body of evidence describing the alternations in and impact of hormones after treatment of unilateral testicular germ cell tumors(GCTs),only a few studies have examined hormone levels before radical orchiectomy.1 This letter details our investigation of the relationship between preorchiectomy hormone levels and surgical pathology,clinical stage,and tumor size among patients with GCTs.Differences in GCT presentation were expected based on varying preorchiectomy hormone levels.展开更多
文摘Dear Editor,Despite the substantial body of evidence describing the alternations in and impact of hormones after treatment of unilateral testicular germ cell tumors(GCTs),only a few studies have examined hormone levels before radical orchiectomy.1 This letter details our investigation of the relationship between preorchiectomy hormone levels and surgical pathology,clinical stage,and tumor size among patients with GCTs.Differences in GCT presentation were expected based on varying preorchiectomy hormone levels.
