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. 2021 Jan 7;105(3-4):169–180. doi: 10.1159/000510407

Table 6.

Recurrence rates of chemotherapy versus surveillance in studies with non-seminomatous GCT patients in cSI [22, 23, 24, 32, 33]

Reference N Therapy Recurrence rate, %
[22] 234 Surveillance 30.0
148 1–2× PEB 4.0 (6.5+3.6)

[23] 231 2× PEB (hr) 0.8
358 surveillance (lr) 19.0

[32] 60 2× CVB (hr) 1.6
124 surveillance/ 12.9
40 1× CVB (lr) 10.0

[33] 258 1× PEB (hr) 3.1
255 1× PEB/surveillance (lr) 1.6

[24] 167 2× PEB (hr) 1.2
287 surveillance (lr) 16.7

GCT, germ cell tumour; cSI, clinical stage I; hr, high risk; lr, low risk.