Primary transcrotal excision for paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma: Is hemiscrotectomy really mandatory?

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1981-1984

  Dall'Igna, Patrizia ^a   Bisogno, Gianni ^a   Ferrari, Andrea ^b   Treuner, Jörn ^c   Carli, Modesto ^a   Zanetti, Ilaria ^a   Guglielmi, Maurizio ^a   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hemiscrotectomy; Primary reexcision; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISCROTECTOMY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY TRANSCROTAL EXCISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCROTUM; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344407442     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11284     Document Type: Article

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