Bilateral testicular germ cell tumours in patients with initial stage I disease: Prevalence and prognosis - A single centre's 30 years' experience

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1363-1367

  Sonneveld, D J A ^a   Schraffordt Koops, H ^a   Sleijfer, D Th ^a   Hoekstra, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Prevalence; Prognosis; Stage I disease; Surveillance; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILATERAL CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032146078     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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