Long-term evaluation of postorchiectomy radiotherapy for stage II seminoma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 196-201

  Whipple, Gary L ^a   Sagerman, Robert H ^a   Van Rooy, Eric M ^a,b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Seminoma; Testis; Therapeutic radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPHAGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SEMINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEMINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030955107     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199704000-00020     Document Type: Article

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