ITGCN of the Testis, Contralateral Testicular Biopsy and Bilateral Testicular Cancer

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-125

  Karellas, Michael E ^a   Damjanov, Ivan ^b   Holzbeierlein, Jeffery M ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MICROSCOPY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL TRIALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247891602     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2007.02.015     Document Type: Review

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