Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in the Management of Testicular Cancer

Operative Techniques in General Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-116

  Wood, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DRUG EFFICACY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; ORCHIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEMINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33748570416     PISSN: 1524153X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.optechgensurg.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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