Does more than one biopsy of the contralateral testis in men with a germ cell tumor add value?
Christina E Hoei-Hansen, Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts, Gedske Daugaard, Mikael Rorth, Niels Jorgensen and Niels E Skakkebaek*
Correspondence *Department of Growth and Reproduction, Section GR-5064, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Email niels.erik.skakkebaek@rh.regionh.dk
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At the time of orchiectomy for TGCT, a contralateral biopsy can be performed to detect the pre-invasive precursor stage—carcinoma in situ (German nomenclature, testicular intraepithelial neoplasia)—and to obtain information on the fertility potential of the patient. This large study by Dieckmann et al. describes contralateral biopsies in patients with TGCTs, and focuses on the histological evaluation of spermatogenesis, the associations with clinical factors, and the diagnostic value of double contralateral biopsies.
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