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A Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Orthotopic Syngeneic Murine Model of Androgen-dependent and Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer
Published on: March 6, 2018
[Chemotherapy in male external genital organs (testicular and penile cancer)]
J-L Deville1, A Flechon, F Bruyère
1Service d'oncologie, hôpital de la Timone, Aix-Marseille université, AP-HM, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France.
Aim:
To describe drugs used in the chemotherapy of testis and penis neoplasms.
Material:
Bibliographical search was performed from the database Medline (National Library of Medicine, PubMed) and websites of the HAS and the ANSM. The search was focused on the characteristics, the mode of action, the efficiency and the side effects of the various drugs concerned.
Results:
Nowadays, the chemotherapy is perfectly codified in adjuvant treatment or in first-line treatment of metastatic testis cancer. A single dose of carboplatin for seminoma testicular (stage I) in adjuvant treatment situation is one of the latest advances. Concerning penis cancer, the optimal protocols validated by a high level of evidence are missing.
Conclusion:
The chemotherapy in testis and penis neoplasms knew few advances in recent years. So, it is necessary to include patients in clinical research protocols.
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