Radiotherapy with 16 Gy may fail to eradicate testicular intraepithelial neoplasia: Preliminary communication of a dose-reduction trial of the German Testicular Cancer Study Group

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 828-831

  Classen, J ^a   Dieckmann, K ^b   Bamberg, M ^a   Souchon, R ^b   Kliesch, S ^c   Kuehn, M ^d   Loy, V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Johanniter Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^e VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral testicular neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Spermatogonia; Testicular biopsy; Testicular intraepithelial neoplasia; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242668422     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600771     Document Type: Article

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