Pelvic recurrence in stage I seminoma: A new phenomenon that questions modern protocols for radiotherapy and follow-up

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 378-382

  Power, Richard E ^a   Kennedy, John ^b   Crown, John ^c   Fraser, Ian ^c   Thornhill, John A ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Pelvic relapse; Radiation therapy; Stage 1 seminoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRADIATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECROSIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PELVIS; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SEMINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22044448251     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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