Spermatic cord metastases from gastric cancer with elevation of serum hCG-β: A case report

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 239-240

  Ota, Tomonori ^a   Shinohara, Mitsuru ^a   Tanaka, Masahiko ^a   Date, Yoji ^a   Itakura, Hironao ^a   Munakata, Akio ^a   Kinoshita, Kenji ^a   Hishima, Tsunekazu ^a   Koike, Morio ^a   Kitamura, Masatsugu ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Human chorionic gonadotropin ; Metastasis; Spermatic cord

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FACE EDEMA; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SCROTUM DISORDER; SPERMATIC CORD; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATIC CORD; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18544405839     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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