Epidemiological and clinical behavior of prepubertal testicular tumors in Korea

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 674-678

  Lee, Sang Don ^a,b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Questionnaires; Registries; Testicular neoplasms; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 3142579873     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000129571.13955.6b     Document Type: Article

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