Contralateral testicular biopsy procedure in patients with unilateral testis cancer: Is it indicated?

Seminars in Urologic Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 234-238

  Heidenreich, Axel ^a,b   Moul, Judd W ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Center for Prostate Disease Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ; Germ cell tumor; Testicular intraepithelial neoplasia; Testis biopsy; TIN; Tumor enucleation

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0036862895     PISSN: 10810943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/suro.2002.36980     Document Type: Review

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