Researchers looked at the long-term effectiveness of treatment with a single dose of chemotherapy compared with radiation therapy, the current standard of care, for men with early-stage testicular cancer.
Stage I seminoma is an early stage, slow-growing type of testicular cancer. The standard treatment is usually removal of the cancerous testicle (orchiectomy), followed by adjuvant radiation therapy. However, patients who receive radiation therapy also tend to have a higher risk of developing a second cancer in another organ 10 to 20 years later.
