Predictors of common survival in patients with testicular cancer
- Authors: Isargapov R.M.1,2, Kaganov O.I.1,2, Andreeva R.D.1, Nizamova R.S.1, Morozova E.E.1
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Affiliations:
- Samara State Medical University
- Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary
- Issue: Vol 25, No 4 (2025)
- Pages: 53-59
- Section: UROLOGY AND ANDROLOGY
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2410-3764/article/view/363643
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.35693/AVP689440
- ID: 363643
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Abstract
Aim – to study own experience of treating patients with testicular cancer, to assess the overall survival rates, as well as the risk factors affecting it.
Material and methods. The study included 221 patients with a newly diagnosed testicular cancer in 2007–2022. All patients underwent orchifuniculectomy with subsequent chemotherapy. Kaplan – Meier survival curves were constructed to assess the time to death from any cause and to compare factors affecting mortality.
Results. The 10-year overall survival rate was 83%. Patients with left-sided tumor localization had a poorer prognosis (p<0.05). The 10-year overall survival rate was 89% for right-sided localization and 79% for left-sided localization. Stages T2 and T3 significantly worsened the overall survival prognosis. The 10-year overall survival rate was 92% for T1, 85% for T2, and 68% for T3.
Survival rates were higher in the N0 and N1 groups than in the N1 and N2 groups (p<0.05). The 10-year overall survival rate was 100% for N0, 93% for N1, 60% for N2, and 49% for N3. Patients with M1 stage had a worse prognosis for overall survival (p <0.05). The 10-year overall survival rate in rural residents (91%) was statistically significantly different from the survival rate in urban residents (82%) p <0.05. The overall survival rate in younger patients was 97%, while in men over 40 years of age it was 86% (p<0.05).
Conclusions. The stage of the disease, place of residence, age, and side of the lesion are statistically significant predictors of survival in patients with testicular cancer.
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About the authors
Ruslan M. Isargapov
Samara State Medical University; Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary
Author for correspondence.
Email: ruslan.isargapov@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0001-4998-3779
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), oncologist, assistant of the Department of Oncology
Russian Federation, Samara; SamaraOleg I. Kaganov
Samara State Medical University; Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary
Email: o.i.kaganov@samsmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4569-1031
MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor, Head of the Department of Oncology, Chief Physician
Russian Federation, Samara; SamaraRamilya D. Andreeva
Samara State Medical University
Email: r.d.andreeva@samsmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5385-7049
MD, assistant of the Department of Urology
Russian Federation, SamaraRumiya S. Nizamova
Samara State Medical University
Email: r.s.nizamova@samsmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4452-8547
MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor, Head of the Department of Urology
Russian Federation, SamaraEkaterina E. Morozova
Samara State Medical University
Email: katya.morozova-k@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0000-8280-3445
5th year student
Russian Federation, SamaraReferences
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