Toxicity in patients with testicular seminoma treated with radiotherapy: Different dose levels and treatment fields

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Malas, Simon ^a   Sur, Ranjan K ^a,b   Levin, Vic ^a   Pacella, Juan A ^a   Donde, Bernard ^a   Uijs, Ronald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Hillbrow Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TESTIS TUMOR; VOMITING;

EID: 0030006469     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869609098502     Document Type: Article

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