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Clinical Trial Results

Summaries of Newsworthy Clinical Trial Results

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Related Pages
Search for Clinical Trials 1
NCI's PDQ® Cancer Clinical Trials Registry.

Testicular Cancer Home Page 2
NCI's gateway for information about testicular cancer.
Testicular Cancer Trial Results
1.  Carboplatin May Be Less Toxic Than Radiation for Seminoma 3
(Posted: 06/07/2004, Updated: 06/23/2008) - One shot of carboplatin may be as effective as radiation therapy in treating early seminoma, a kind of testicular cancer, according to updated findings presented at the 2008 ASCO meeting in Chicago.

2.  Fewer CT Scans Needed after Surgery for Low-Risk, Early-Stage Testicular Cancer 4
(Posted: 06/28/2006, Reviewed: 04/17/2007) - During the follow-up period after surgery, two computed tomography (CT) scans were just as effective as five CT scans in detecting relapse for patients with a certain kind of low-risk, early-stage testicular cancer, according to findings presented at the 2006 meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.



Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/search
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/testicular
3http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/testicular0604
4http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/testicular-scans0606