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Pathologic analysis is invaluable in defining the levels of risk for the development of a testicular tumor or for metastasis in a patient with an established testicular cancer. The identification of IGCNU in testicular biopsies defines a group of patients at high risk for subsequent invasive germ cell tumor unless they are treated by orchiectomy or radiotherapy. This method for defining the risk for the development of a testicular tumor is not effective in prepubertal patients, except for those with intersex syndromes. Pathologic analysis of testicular germ cell tumors in patients with clinical stage I disease may allow their stratification into high- and low-risk groups for occult metastases. This would provide a rational basis for recommending intervention or surveillance, respectively. The precise classification of postchemotherapy lesions permits an assessment of the patient's risk for subsequent recurrence and progressive tumor. |
