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Medical Author:

Scott E Eggener, MD

Coauthor:

Steven C Campbell, MD, PhD

Medical Editor:

Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM

Medical Editor:

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD

Medical Editor:

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Dr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident.

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Synonyms and Keywords

cancer of the testicle, alpha-fetoprotein, AFP, beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, bHCG, cancer of the testes, cancer of the testis, cryptorchidism, germ-cell tumor, lactate dehydrogenase, LDH, nonseminoma, orchiectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, RPLND, scrotum, seminoma, teratoma, testicular atrophy, testicular cancer, testicular self-exam, tumor marker, undescended testicle

Authors and Editors

Author: Scott E. Eggener, MD, Assistant Professor, Urologic Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center

Coauthor: Michael Large, MD, Fellow, Urologic Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center.

Editor: Charles P. Davis, MD, PhD

Previous contributing coauthor and editors:

Coauthor: Steven C. Campbell, MD, PhD, Co-Director of GU Oncology, Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center.

Editors: Scott H. Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital.

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Krege, S., J. Beyer, R. Souchon, et al. "European Consensus Conference on Diagnosis and Treatment of Germ Cell Cancer: A Report of the Second Meeting of the European Germ Cell Cancer Consensus Group (EGCCCG): Part I." Euro Uro 53.3 Mar. 2008: 478-496.

Krege, S., J. Beyer, R. Souchon, et al. "European Consensus Conference on Diagnosis and Treatment of Germ Cell Cancer: A Report of the Second Meeting of the European Germ Cell Cancer Consensus Group (EGCCCG): Part II." Euro Uro 53.3 Mar. 2008: 497-513.

Travis, L., C. Beard, J. Allan, et al. "Testicular Cancer Survivorship: Research Strategies and Recommendations." JNCI 102.15 Aug. 2010: 1114-1130.