Testicular and paratesticular-tumours in children: 30 years' experience

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 505-508

  Sugita, Yoshifumi ^a   Clarnette, Thomas D ^a   Cooke Yarborough, Clair ^a   Chow, Chung W ^a   Waters, Keith ^a   Hutson, John M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rhabdomyosarcoma; Teratoma; Testis; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; GERM CELL; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TERATOMA; TESTIS TORSION; TESTIS TUMOR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032985614     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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