Mediastinal mature teratoma with an immature component - What about the treatment? [3]

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1602-1604

  Romagnani, E ^a   Gallerani, E ^a   Cavalli, F ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TERATOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 33749618277     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl091     Document Type: Letter

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