Assessing the size and stage of testicular germ cell tumours: 1984-2003

BJU International

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 819-821

  Bhardwa, Jeetesh M ^a   Powles, Tom ^a   Berney, Dan ^a   Baithun, Suhail ^a   Nargund, Vinod H ^a   Oliver, R Tim D ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural conception; Size; Stage; Testicular cancer; Testis preserving surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TESTIS PRESERVING SURGERY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 25844469921     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05748.x     Document Type: Article

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