External beam abdominal radiotherapy in patients with seminoma stage I: Field type, testicular dose, and spermatogenesis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-102

  Jacobsen, Kari Dolven ^a   Olsen, Dag Rune ^a   Fosså, Kristian ^a   Fosså, Sophie Dorothea ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Seminoma; Spermatogenesis; Target field; Testicular dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ABDOMEN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031127325     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00597-4     Document Type: Article

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