Correspondances en Onco-Urologie - Vol. II - n° 2 - avril-mai-juin 2011
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dossier thématique
Testicules :
formes graves
et mauvais pronostics
moléculaires impliquées dans le processus oncologique.
Récemment, il a été montré que des mutations de BRAF
et des activations de la voie de réparation de l’ADN
pourraient être des cibles intéressantes.
Conclusion
Même si le pronostic des tumeurs germinales reste
globalement très favorable, il existe clairement un
sous-groupe de malades au pronostic défavorable,
identifié par des critères cliniques et biologiques
validés dans la classification de l’IGCCCG de 1997,
qui permet de guider la thérapeutique. Le traite-
ment standard reste à ce jour une chimiothérapie
par 4 cycles de BEP, avec chirurgie des masses rési-
duelles. L’inclusion de ces patients dans des pro-
tocoles théra peutiques (intensification, protocole
GETUG13) est une priorité pour permettre d’amé-
liorer leur devenir.
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