Fertility after chemotherapy for testicular germ cell cancers

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 239-245

  Lampe, H ^a   Horwich, A ^a   Norman, A ^a   Nicholls, J ^a   Dearnaley, D P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031023136     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.1.239     Document Type: Article

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