Stage I seminoma of the testis: A bi-institutional retrospective analysis of patients treated with radiation therapy only

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-52

  Santoni, R ^a,b,d   Barbera, F ^c   Bertoni, F ^c   De Stefani, A ^c   Livi, L ^a   Paiar, F ^a   Scoccianti, S ^a   Magrini, S M ^c   Foster, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Germ cell cancer; Irradiation; Outcome; Seminoma; Survival; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037586511     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04273.x     Document Type: Article

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