Adult primary teratoma of the testis - Report on 5 cases in clinical stage I disease

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 657-659

  Porcaro, Antonio Benito ^a   Antoniolli, Stefano Zecchini ^a   Martignoni, Guido ^b   Brunelli, Matteo ^b   Curti, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; RELAPSE; TESTIS TERATOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035779848     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020531218798     Document Type: Article

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