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Spontaneous Regression Of Metastic Testicular Cancer

Birkhead & Scott, 1973Testicular cancer

Cancer 32(1): Jul 1973; 125-129

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Case Details

Clinical Characteristics

Underwent spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases from a testicular cancer

Remission Characteristics

Continues to be free of cancer 12 years later

Treatment & Mechanisms

Proposed Remission Mechanisms

Not discussed

Additional Notes

Spontaneous regression of metastatic testicular cancer is so rare that its possibility should never be a factor in the consideration of possible treatment choices in any specific case. The authors have no proposition to offer regarding the mechanism responsible for the spontaneous regression described herein. It is hoped, however, that the collection of these 10 cases and their categorization as true, spontaneous regressions may be of some general interest to those researchers currently engaged in the study of the immune response which must surely play a major role in such miraculous recoveries from disseminated cancer.