Conservative management of small testicular tumors relative to carcinoma in situ prevalence

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 820-823

  Huyghe, Eric ^a,b   Soulie, Michel ^b   Escourrou, Ghislaine ^b   Mieusset, Roger ^a   Plante, Pierre ^a,b   Thonneau, Patrick ^a,b  

^a Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

CIS; Germinoma; Infertility, male; Testicular neoplasms; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 13744251689     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000152532.34475.4e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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