CT of the chest can hinder the management of seminoma of the testis; it detects irrelevant abnormalities

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 882-885

  Horan, G ^a   Rafique, A ^a   Robson, J ^a   Dixon, A K ^a   Williams, M V ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT chest; Staging investigations; Testicular seminoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947366420     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603657     Document Type: Article

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