Extragonadal germ cell tumors: Relation to testicular neoplasia and management options

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Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-63

  Bokemeyer, Carsten ^a,k   Hartmann, Jörg T ^a   Fossa, Sophie D ^b   Droz, Jean P ^c   Schmoll, Hans J ^d   Horwich, Alan ^e   Gerl, Arthur ^f   Beyer, Jörg ^g   Pont, Jörg ^h   Kanz, Lothar ^a   Nichols, Craig R ⁱ   Einhorn, Lawrence ^j   Grigor, Ken ^l   Kliesch, Sabine ^l   Oliver, Tim ^l   Petersen, Peter M ^l   Dieckmann, Klaus Peter ^l   Daugaard, Gedske ^l   Rørth, Mikael ^l   Skakkebæk, Niels ^l   Von Eyben, Finn Edler ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^h KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^l NONE

more..

Author keywords

Extragonadal germ cell tumors; Hematologic disorder; Mediastinal tumors; Metachronuos testicular tumor; Nonseminoma; Retroperitoneal tumors; Second solid tumors; Seminoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER CENTER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TESTIS CARCINOMA; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CISPLATIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GERMINOMA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038561139     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2003.11101081.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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