Primary Seminoma in the Middle Mediastinum: Case Report in a 69-year-old Male

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 142-144

  Kitami, Akihiko ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Shuichi ^a   Hori, Goichi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extragonadal; Middle mediastinum; Seminoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; PVB PROTOCOL; VINBLASTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORCHIECTOMY; SEMINOMA; THYMECTOMY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; ORCHIECTOMY; SEMINOMA; THYMECTOMY; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0031990825     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.2.142     Document Type: Article

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