Therapeutic strategy in stage I testis seminoma: Which lymph node areas are to be irradiated?;Stratégie thérapeutique des séminomes de stade I : Quelles aires ganglionnaires faut-il irradier?

Progres en Urologie

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-106

  Coquard, Régis ^a,b   Martin, Philippe ^a   Caudrelier, Valérie ^a  

^a Oncol Radiotherapie S Jean   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Seminomatous germ cell tumor; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMINOMA; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR; TIME;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033073952     PISSN: 11667087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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