Stage III Testicular Cancer
Treatment depends on what the cancer cells look like under a microscope (cell type). If a tumor called a seminoma is found, treatment will probably be surgery to remove the testis (radical inguinal orchiectomy), followed by systemic chemotherapy. Clinical trials are testing radical inguinal orchiectomy followed by systemic chemotherapy. If a tumor called a nonseminoma is found, treatment will probably be one of the following:
Systemic chemotherapy. Clinical trials are testing new chemotherapy drugs.
Systemic chemotherapy, followed by surgery to take out any masses that remain to see if there are any cancer cells left. If cancer cells remain, patients will probably receive more systemic chemotherapy.
Clinical trials of systemic chemotherapy.
Clinical trials of high-dose systemic chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation (in some patients).
Article sources from: http://www.tc-cancer.com/treatment.html
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