Increased risk of carcinoma in situ in patients with testicular germ cell cancer with ultrasonic microlithiasis in the contralateral testicle

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 4 I, 2003, Pages 1163-1167

  Holm, Mette ^a   Hoei Hansen, Christina E ^b   Rajpert De Meyts, Ewa ^b   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ; Gonadal dysgenesis; Lithiasis; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TESTIS DESCENT;

EID: 0043194051     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000087820.94991.21     Document Type: Article

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