The pre and post chemotherapy pathologic spectrum of germ cell tumors

Chest Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 673-694

  Reuter, Victor E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0036854792     PISSN: 10523359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3359(02)00037-6     Document Type: Review

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