Endocrine profiles after radiotherapy in stage I seminoma: Impact of two different radiation treatment modalities

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-162

  Joos, Helmut ^a   Sedlmayer, Felix ^b   Gomahr, Andreas ^a   Rahim, Hassan B K ^b   Frick, Julian ^a   Kogelnik, H Dieter ^b   Rettenbacher, Lukas ^c  

^a Landeskrankenanstalten Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

^b Inst of Radiother and Radio Oncol   (Austria)

^c Inst of Endocrinol and Nucl Med   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endocrinology; Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Radiotherapy; Scatter dose; Seminoma

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SICKNESS; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ADULT; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030938130     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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