The management of stage I testis cancer

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 435-449

  Sternberg, C N ^a  

^a IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031903913     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(05)70033-1     Document Type: Article

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