Clinical pattern and therapeutic results obtained in germ-cell testicular cancer in Spain based on a consecutive series of 1250 patients;Patrón clínico y resultados terapéuticos obtenidos en el tumor germinal testicular en España a partir de una serie consecutiva de 1.250 pacientes

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 481-486

  Germà, José Ramón ^a   Del Muro, Xavier Garcí ^b   Maroto, Pablo ^b   Lianes, Pilar ^b   Arranz, José Angel ^b   Gumà, Josep ^b   Aparicio, Jorge ^b   Sastre, Javier ^b   Alba, Emilio ^b   Terrasa, Josefa ^b   Sáenz, Alberto ^b   Fernández, Antonio ^b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germ cell cancer; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0009734374     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(01)71880-5     Document Type: Article

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