Surveillance study for clinical stage I testicular seminomas and nonseminomatous germ cell tumours

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 568-574

  Suzuki, Ken Ichi ^a   Orikasa, Seiichi ^a   Hoshi, Senji ^a   Yoshikawa, Kazuyuki ^b   Imai, Yoshitada ^c   Aizawa, Masataka ^d   Nishimura, Yousuke ^e   Okada, Yasuhiro ^f   Ohnuma, Tetsutaro ^g   Ogata, Yukihiko ^g  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^e Japan   (Japan)

^f Kesennuma City Hospital   (Japan)

^g Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor; Recurrence; Seminoma; Stage I testicular carcinoma; Surveillance policy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; PEPLEOMYCIN; TUMOR MARKER; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TESTIS NONSEMINOMA CANCER;

EID: 0032415218     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00414.x     Document Type: Article

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