Testicular atrophy in therapeutic orchiectomy specimens from men with prostate carcinoma: Association with prior prostate bed radiation and older age

Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1174-1179

  Daniell, Harry W ^a,c   Tam, Edward W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypogonadism; Prostate; Prostate neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Testes; Testicular disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION INJURY; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0032530526     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980915)83:6<1174::AID-CNCR17>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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