Para-aortic irradiation only appears to be adequate treatment for patients with stage I seminoma of the testis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 455-459

  Sultanem, Khalil ^a   Souhami, Luis ^a,b   Benk, Veronique ^a   Bahary, Jean Paul ^a   Roman, Ted ^a   Shenouda, George ^a   Freeman, Carolyn ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Para aortic irradiation; Radiotherapy; Seminoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SEMINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032518317     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00733-5     Document Type: Article

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