The changing distribution of pT stage in testicular germ cell tumours from 1976 to 2005: A single-centre analysis of histopathological reports

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 747-750

  Lackner, Jakob E ^a   Koller, Anke ^a   Mazal, Peter R ^a   Waldert, Mathias ^a   Waldhoer, Thomas ^a   Marberger, Michael ^a   Kratzik, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

NSGCT; pT stage; Seminoma; Time distribution; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA;

ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748524175     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06424.x     Document Type: Article

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