Surgical techniques and outcomes for primary nonseminomatous germ cell tumors

Chest Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 707-715

  Wright, Cameron D ^a,b   Kesler, Kenneth A ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; TUMOR MARKER; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DOSE RESPONSE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036855044     PISSN: 10523359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3359(02)00030-3     Document Type: Review

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