Hi there,
Firstly thanks for everyone's input on the forums, it's been hugely helpful and I'm grateful for this community.
I am a 36 year old based in New York City and just got diagnosed with Testicular cancer last week Tuesday. Most likely non-seminoma/or mixed stage II (1 left retroperitioneal/periaortic lymph node measured 1.3 x 0.8 x 1.6cm). I am still waiting for the second pathology from my orchiectomy and a Lung CT scan (I had a CT of my abdomen which detected the abnormal lymph node) before my treatment plan next week.
My AFP marker was 7.7 prior to the removal of my left testie and went down to 7.1 after the removal (tested a week after the surgery). Other markers were all within range prior to the removal.
I met with MSK a few days ago and they mentioned that they will most likely have to do open RPLND surgery istead of/before chemo and I have a meeting with a surgeon next week. They do not offer laporoscpic RPLND at MSK.
I appreciate I am jumping ahead of the final results, I feel blessed to be being seen by MSK and the talented team there and I obviously want to be cured buu I want to consdier all options available. I have been researching laranscopic RPLND and wanted to ask a few questions. I would appreciate anyone's advice :
1) are there any recent studies or papers comparing the success rates of Laparoscopic vs Open RPLND?
2) in the US, who would be the best & most experienced Laparoscopic RPLND surgeon/s?
3) are there any stage llA non-seminoma patients that have done Laparoscopic RPLND that could share their honest thoughts? I obviously would value anyone's input too.
THANK YOU KINDLY!
Doug
Firstly thanks for everyone's input on the forums, it's been hugely helpful and I'm grateful for this community.
I am a 36 year old based in New York City and just got diagnosed with Testicular cancer last week Tuesday. Most likely non-seminoma/or mixed stage II (1 left retroperitioneal/periaortic lymph node measured 1.3 x 0.8 x 1.6cm). I am still waiting for the second pathology from my orchiectomy and a Lung CT scan (I had a CT of my abdomen which detected the abnormal lymph node) before my treatment plan next week.
My AFP marker was 7.7 prior to the removal of my left testie and went down to 7.1 after the removal (tested a week after the surgery). Other markers were all within range prior to the removal.
I met with MSK a few days ago and they mentioned that they will most likely have to do open RPLND surgery istead of/before chemo and I have a meeting with a surgeon next week. They do not offer laporoscpic RPLND at MSK.
I appreciate I am jumping ahead of the final results, I feel blessed to be being seen by MSK and the talented team there and I obviously want to be cured buu I want to consdier all options available. I have been researching laranscopic RPLND and wanted to ask a few questions. I would appreciate anyone's advice :
1) are there any recent studies or papers comparing the success rates of Laparoscopic vs Open RPLND?
2) in the US, who would be the best & most experienced Laparoscopic RPLND surgeon/s?
3) are there any stage llA non-seminoma patients that have done Laparoscopic RPLND that could share their honest thoughts? I obviously would value anyone's input too.
THANK YOU KINDLY!
Doug
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