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**** Death from all causes: 5 immediate vs. 3 delayed chemotherapy | **** Death from all causes: 5 immediate vs. 3 delayed chemotherapy | ||
*** Conclusions: immediate chemotherapy in patients found to have pathological stage II after primary RPLND reduces risk of relapse, but no significant difference in cancer-specific or overall survival (though really few deaths) | *** Conclusions: immediate chemotherapy in patients found to have pathological stage II after primary RPLND reduces risk of relapse, but no significant difference in cancer-specific or overall survival (though really few deaths) | ||
*** Williams, Stephen D., et al."Immediate adjuvant chemotherapy versus observation with treatment at relapse in pathological stage II testicular cancer." ''New England Journal of Medicine'' 317.23 (1987): 1433-1438. | *** Williams, Stephen D., et al. "[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2446132/ Immediate adjuvant chemotherapy versus observation with treatment at relapse in pathological stage II testicular cancer.]" ''New England Journal of Medicine'' 317.23 (1987): 1433-1438. | ||
* '''Disadvantage of chemotherapy for metastatic NSGCT''' | * '''Disadvantage of chemotherapy for metastatic NSGCT''' | ||
*# '''Teratoma is resistant to chemotherapy''' | *# '''Teratoma is resistant to chemotherapy''' | ||