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Imsirovic F, Sénéchal C, Larivée S. Impact de la discrimination envers les personnes LGBTQ+ en milieu de travail : recension systématique. Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pto.2023.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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Durand JC, Brunet L, Sénéchal C, Coulombe P. Le développement d’un outil de mesure des comportements inadaptés au travail auprès de directions d’établissements scolaires du Québec. Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pto.2021.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bonnelly L, Sénéchal C, Morin D, Larivée S, Coulombe P. Investigation de l’effet des ressources personnelles dans la relation des demandes et de la santé psychologique en emploi des directions d’établissement scolaire. Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pto.2021.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Deleuze C, Blanchet P, Gourtaud G, Sénéchal C, Roux V, Brureau L, Eyraud R. [High-intensity focused ultrasound for locally prostate cancer: An Afro-Caribbean single-center study]. Prog Urol 2021; 31:699-708. [PMID: 34154956 DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2021.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has proved to be effective in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. The aim of this prospective study is to assess their first oncological and functional results in an Afro-Caribbean population. METHODS From May 2018 to January 2020, 77 patients issued from French West Indies were included. Several treatments were carried out: whole-gland treatment hemi or focal ablation; in a primary setting (group I) or a salvage therapy (group II). PSA level was assessed at 2, 6, 9 and 12 months. MpMRI and post HIFU biopsy were performed between 6 and 9 months postoperatively. Continence, urinary end erectile functions were assessed by ICS, IPSS and IIEF scores. RESULTS Groupe I included 71.2% patients, group II, 28.8%. The median age was 75.4 years [IQR 69.6-79.4]. The median follow-up was 8.3 months [IQR 3.5-12.25]. At inclusion, PSA was 7.7ng/ml [IQR 5.5-11.2] in group I, and 5.9ng/ml [IQR 4.4-7.9] in group II. In the whole population, there was 73.5% negative biopsies; 14.7% of the biopsies were positive in treated zone and 11.8% in non-treated zone. Regarding morbidities, urinary incontinence appeared in 7.5% and erectile dysfunction rate was 13.2%. CONCLUSION Our study reveals the first experience of HIFU by Focal One® device in an Afro-Caribbean population. It seems to be a safe and reproducible treatment with acceptable oncological results and low genitourinary morbidity. Long term follow-up and a higher number of patients are necessary to validate these results.
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- C Deleuze
- Service d'urologie et transplantation rénale, CHU de Guadeloupe, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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- CHU de Guadeloupe, université des Antilles, université de Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) MR_S 1085, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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- Service d'urologie et transplantation rénale, CHU de Guadeloupe, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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- Service d'urologie et transplantation rénale, CHU de Guadeloupe, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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- Service d'urologie et transplantation rénale, CHU de Guadeloupe, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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- CHU de Guadeloupe, université des Antilles, université de Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) MR_S 1085, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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- Service d'urologie et transplantation rénale, CHU de Guadeloupe, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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Percot M, Robert G, Bladou F, Ferrière JM, Bensadoun H, Bernhard JC, Alezra E, Capon G, Sénéchal C, Gourtaud G, Brureau L, Roux V, Blanchet P, Eyraud R. Active surveillance in prostate cancer is possible for Afro-Caribbean population: Comparison of oncological outcomes with a Caucasian cohort. Prog Urol 2020; 30:532-540. [DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2020.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Sénéchal C, Akladios C, Bendifallah S, Ouldamer L, Lecuru F, Rousset-Jablonski C. [Follow-up of patients treated for an epithelial ovarian cancer, place of hormone replacement therapy and of contraception: Article drafted from the French Guidelines in oncology entitled "Initial management of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer" developed by FRANCOGYN, CNGOF, SFOG, GINECO-ARCAGY under the aegis of CNGOF and endorsed by INCa]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 47:250-262. [PMID: 30685388 DOI: 10.1016/j.gofs.2018.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To define follow-up modalities after an epithelial ovarian, tubal or primitive peritoneal cancer. To define possibilities of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and contraceptive use after treatment. METHODS Systematic review of the literature in French and English langage conducted on Pubmed/Medline and the Cochrane Library. RESULTS After the treatment of an epithelial ovarian, tubal or primitive peritoneal cancer, symptoms evaluation for follow-up is recommended at 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, and then yearly (Grade B). Only patients with an initial complete surgery (CC0, without any macroscopic signs of disease), and with a good general condition (ECOG 0) should be followed with paraclinic tests, with a serum HE4 or CA125 concentration measurement, from 6 months after the end of treatments (GradeC). Systematic follow-up with CT of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis is not recommended (GradeC). Imaging test is recommended in case of an increased serum concentration of HE4 or CA125 (Grade B). An HRT should be proposed to women younger than 45 after a non-conservative treatment for a high grade serous (GradeC) or for a mucinous (GradeC) ovarian, tubal or primitive peritoneal adenocarcinoma. HRT is not contra-indicated in women older than 45 presenting a climacteric syndrome after the treatment of a high grade serous (Grade B) or of a mucinous (GradeC) ovarian, tubal or primitive peritoneal adenocarcinoma.
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- C Sénéchal
- Institut Bergonié, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
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- CHU de Hautepierre, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Hôpital européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France
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Bergeron Bonnelly L, Sénéchal C. Validation de l’inventaire des habiletés politiques auprès d’une population occupant un poste de directions d’établissement scolaire. Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pto.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sénéchal C, Rousset-Jablonski C. [Should a systematic fertility preservation be proposed to healthy women carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation?]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 43:800-5. [PMID: 26476890 DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2015.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Should all women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes mutations be considered at risk of prematurely impaired fertility, and thus should a fertility preservation systematically be proposed? Women carrying mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2 are at high risk for breast and tubo-ovarian cancer. The treatment of a breast cancer at a young age, unrare in this population, is associated with a risk of infertility, due to the ovarian toxicity of chemotherapy, to the recommended duration of hormonotherapy when indicated, and to the time advised before starting a pregnancy. Furthermore, some data in the literature suggest a higher risk of premature ovarian failure among women with BRCA1/2 mutation: advance of the age at menopause and poorer response to ovarian stimulation have been observed. Several pathophysiological hypotheses support this finding, as the involvement of the BRCA genes in maintaining telomere length, the DNA repair anomalies promoting oocyte apoptosis, differences in FMR1 genotype. Current fertility preservation techniques have limitations, some of them being specific to BRCA1/2 women: absence of oncological risk due to stimulation in BRCA1/2 women not clearly demonstrated, oocyte vitrification techniques limited rentability, graft of ovarian cortex not suitable in these women at high risk. Thus, data on the increased risk of premature ovarian failure remaining weak, such a systematic proposal seems questionable.
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- C Sénéchal
- Gynécologue médicale, unité d'oncogénétique, institut Bergonié, 229, cours de l'Argonne, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Gynécologue médicale, département de chirurgie, centre Léon-Bérard, 28, rue Laënnec, 69008 Lyon, France; Service de gynécologie obstétrique, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France.
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Tillou X, Guleryuz K, Doerfler A, Bensadoun H, Chambade D, Codas R, Devonec M, Dugardin F, Erauso A, Hubert J, Karam G, Salomon L, Sénéchal C, Salusto F, Terrier N, Timsit MO, Thuret R, Verhoest G, Kleinclauss F. Nephron sparing surgery for De Novo kidney graft tumor: results from a multicenter national study. Am J Transplant 2014; 14:2120-5. [PMID: 24984974 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Nephron sparing surgery (NSS) results in the transplanted population remain unknown because they are only presented in small series or case reports. Our objective was to study renal sparing surgery for kidney graft renal cell carcinomas (RCC) in a multicenter cohort. Data were collected from 32 French transplantation centers. Cases of renal graft de novo tumors treated as RCC since the beginning of their transplantation activity were included. Seventy-nine allograft kidney de novo tumors were diagnosed. Forty-three patients (54.4%) underwent renal sparing surgery. Mean age of grafted kidneys at the time of diagnosis was 47.5 years old (26.1-72.6). The mean time between transplantation and tumor diagnosis was 142.6 months (12.2-300). Fifteen tumors were clear cell carcinomas (34.9%), and 25 (58.1%) were papillary carcinomas. Respectively, 10 (24.4%), 24 (58.3%) and 8 (19.5%) tumors were Fuhrman grade 1, 2 and 3. Nine patients had postoperative complications (20.9%) including four requiring surgery (Clavien IIIb). At the last follow-up, 41 patients had a functional kidney graft, without dialysis and no long-term complications. NSS is safe and appropriate for all small tumors of transplanted kidneys with good long-term functional and oncological outcomes, which prevent patients from returning to dialysis.
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- X Tillou
- Department of Urology, CHU de Caen, France
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Casenave J, Sénéchal C, Nevoux P, Gourtaud G, Tressières B, Blanchet P. [Stage IV prostate cancer in Guadeloupe, a French Caribbean archipelago]. Prog Urol 2014; 24:167-72. [PMID: 24560205 DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2013.08.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2013] [Revised: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To study clinical characteristics, in terms of survival and response to treatment, of patients with non-localized prostate cancer at diagnosis in an Afro-Caribbean population from Guadeloupe. METHODS Cases of stage IV prostate cancer (T4N0M0, TxN1M0 and TxNxM1) at diagnosis in the Pointe à Pitre Hospital were selected from 1995 to 2012 and studied. RESULTS One hundred and eighty-three patients were included. Median age at diagnosis was 70.3 years old (79.2% were more than 65 years). A total of 81.5% of them was TxNxM1 and 11.5% was TxN1M0. Median disease free survival was 18.5 months. Median overall survival was 49.0 months. CONCLUSION This study about non-localized prostate cancer at diagnosis in an Afro-Caribbean population from a French Caribbean archipelago seemed to show no difference with general population suffering from the same disease, although prostate cancer incidence in this area is one of the highest in the world.
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- J Casenave
- Service d'urologie et de transplantation rénale, CHU de Pointe à Pitre, 97159 Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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- Service d'urologie et de transplantation rénale, CHU de Pointe à Pitre, 97159 Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Service d'urologie et de transplantation rénale, CHU de Pointe à Pitre, 97159 Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Service d'urologie et de transplantation rénale, CHU de Pointe à Pitre, 97159 Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Centre d'investigation clinique-épidémiologie clinique Antilles/Guyane, CHU de Pointe à Pitre, 97159 Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Service d'urologie et de transplantation rénale, CHU de Pointe à Pitre, 97159 Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe
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Tillou X, Doerfler A, Collon S, Kleinclauss F, Patard JJ, Badet L, Barrou B, Audet M, Bensadoun H, Berthoux E, Bigot P, Boutin JM, Bouzguenda Y, Chambade D, Codas R, Dantal J, Deturmeny J, Devonec M, Dugardin F, Ferrière JM, Erauso A, Feuillu B, Gigante M, Guy L, Karam G, Lebret T, Neuzillet Y, Legendre C, Perez T, Rerolle JP, Salomon L, Sallusto F, Sénéchal C, Terrier N, Thuret R, Verhoest G, Petit J. De novo kidney graft tumors: results from a multicentric retrospective national study. Am J Transplant 2012; 12:3308-15. [PMID: 22959020 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04248.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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De novo tumors in renal allografts are rare and their prevalence is underestimated. We therefore analyzed renal cell carcinomas arising in renal allografts through a retrospective French renal transplant cohort. We performed a retrospective, multicentric survey by sending questionnaires to all French kidney transplantation centers. All graft tumors diagnosed after transplantation were considered as de novo tumors. Thirty-two centers participated in this study. Seventy-nine tumors were identified among 41 806 recipients (Incidence 0.19%). Patients were 54 men and 25 women with a mean age of 47 years old at the time of diagnosis. Mean tumor size was 27.8 mm. Seventy-four (93.6%), 53 (67%) and 44 tumors (55.6%) were organ confined (T1-2), low grade (G1-2) and papillary carcinomas, respectively. Four patients died of renal cell carcinomas (5%). The mean time lapse between transplantation and RCC diagnosis was 131.7 months. Thirty-five patients underwent conservative surgery by partial nephrectomy (n = 35, 44.3%) or radiofrequency (n = 5; 6.3%). The estimated 5 years cancer specific survival rate was 94%. Most of these tumors were small and incidental. Most tumors were papillary carcinoma, low stage and low grade carcinomas. Conservative treatment has been preferred each time it was feasible in order to avoid a return to dialysis.
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- X Tillou
- CHU de Caen, Urology and Transplantation, Caen, France.
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Eyraud R, Nevoux P, Sénéchal C, Casenave J, Fofana M, Agoua G, Bentaleb Y, Gourtaud G, Blanchet P. Facteurs prédictifs de survie sans récidive biologique après marges positives post-prostatectomie totale, le score de Gleason post-opératoire a-t-il le même impact que le stade pathologique ? Prog Urol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2012.08.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Foahom Kamwa AD, Vian E, Agoua G, Sénéchal C, Bentaleb Y, Fofana M, Manip-M'ebobisse N, Blanchet P. [Radiotherapy with androgen deprivation in high-risk prostate cancer: what outcomes on a Caribbean population?]. Prog Urol 2012; 22:954-62. [PMID: 23102018 DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2012.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Revised: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze in a Caribbean population at 90% of African descent, the results of radiotherapy with androgen deprivation (AD) in high-risk prostate cancer (PCa). PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-nine consecutive patients with a high-risk PCa as defined by the D'AMICO classification and treated by radiotherapy with AD between January 2003 and April 2009 in our center were analyzed. The median dose of radiation and the median duration of AD were 70Gy and 37months respectively. Biochemical recurrence (BF), as primary outcome was defined according to the PHOENIX criteria (nadir PSA+2ng/mL). Multivariate analysis was performed to identify predictive factors of BF. The median follow-up was 47months. RESULTS Eight (13.6%) patients had BF and four (6.8%) developed metastases. Six (10.2%) died during the follow-up. The 5years acturial biochemical disease-free survival was 79.7%. Multivariate analyses have shown that Gleason sum (GS) superior to 7 (P=0.029), AD duration less than 24months (P=0.004) and the rate of Nadir PSA greater or equal to 0.5ng/mL (P=0.011) were independent predictive factors of BF. CONCLUSION This study was the first to our knowledge, to provide that radiotherapy associate with AD for HRPC among Caribbean men is effective as observed in other populations. Patients with GS superior to 7 could be considered for more aggressive treatments in clinical trials.
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- A D Foahom Kamwa
- Service d'urologie andrologie, CHU Caremeau, Nîmes cedex, France.
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Sénéchal C, Saint F, Petit T, Petit J. [Non-Hodgkin's primitive lymphoma of the testis: long-term prognosis associated with treatment combining systemic and intrathecal chemotherapy]. Prog Urol 2009; 19:209-14. [PMID: 19268261 DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2008.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2008] [Revised: 11/18/2008] [Accepted: 11/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the long-term prognosis of a retrospective series of primitive malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (MNHL) of the testicle treated by orchidectomy and combined systemic and intrathecal chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 1992 to 2006, eight consecutive patients were treated for a primitive MNHL of the testicle (stages : IA [n=1], IEA [n=5], IIEA [n=1], IVEA [n=1]) and retrospectively analyzed. All of these tumors were highly malignant. The average age of the patients at the time of diagnosis was 64 years old (46-78). All the patients benefited from an enlarged orchidectomy and received a combination of systemic and intrathecal CHOP and VACP chemotherapy. Six patients finished with some locoregional radiotherapy and three had cerebral radiotherapy. RESULTS Patients were treated over an average period of 90.5 months (12 to 168 months). Five patients (62.5%) responded successfully, one patient had a cerebral relapse stabilized by a second course of chemotherapy. Three patients died, one from septic shock during chemotherapy (IVEA stage), another from mesenteric infarction (IAE stage) and the third from acute coronary thrombosis while in complete remission. CONCLUSION In spite of a reputedly bleak prognosis, primitive MNHL of the testicle treated with a combination of systemic and intrathecal chemotherapy would seem to be associated with a good specific long-term survival. Unfortunately, the rate of mortality linked to chemotherapy is significant (close to 12.5% in our series) and would not appear to entirely protect against cerebral recurrence.
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- C Sénéchal
- Service d'urologie et transplantation rénale, CHU Hôpital-Sud, Amiens, France.
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Vignon P, Guéret P, Chabernaud JM, Lacroix P, Maudière A, Cassat C, Doumeix JJ, Abrieu O, Sénéchal C, Bensaid J. [Failure and complications of transesophageal echocardiography. Apropos of 1500 consecutive cases]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1993; 86:849-855. [PMID: 8274056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) requires the introduction of a flexible probe into the oesophagus and therefore cannot be strictly considered to be non-invasive. This manipulation exposes the patient to complications which are benign in the large majority of cases. The authors report their experience in a prospective study analysing the failures and complications of TEE in the first 1,500 cases performed in their laboratory between May 1988 and May 1992, in mainly adult and ambulatory patients. The probe could not be introduced in 24 patients (1.6%), including 5 cases during the initial learning period. No serious complications were observed during of after TEE. Minor incidents were noted in 28 cases (1.9%) intolerance of the probe (12 cases), nausea and/or vomiting (4 cases), dyspnea (4 cases) due to tracheal intubation in 2 patients, laryngeal in 1 patient and to cardiac failure in 1 case. Pharyngeal haemorrhage (2 cases), atrial fibrillation (3 cases), vertigo (1 case), mandibular dislocation (1 case) and salivary hypersecretion affecting the quality of the imaging (1 case), were also observed. The investigation had to be interrupted prematurely in 12 cases (0.8%) usually because of intolerance of the probe. These results show that TEE is not dangerous in trained hands. Failure to introduce the probe is usually encountered during the learning period, which reinforces the need for apprenticeship in a teaching center. The safety of this technique, plus its considerable diagnostic value in many clinical indications, justify its present role in everyday cardiological practice.
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- P Vignon
- Service de cardiologie, CHU de Limoges
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