Randomized trial of two or five computed tomography scans in the surveillance of patients with stage I nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testis: Medical research council trial TE08, ISRCTN56475197 - The National Cancer Research Institute Testis Cancer Clinical Studies Group

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1310-1315

  Rustin, Gordon J ^a   Mead, Graham M ^b   Stenning, Sally P ^b   Vasey, Paul A ^b   Aass, Nina ^b   Huddart, Robert A ^b   Sokal, Michael P ^b   Joffe, Jonathan K ^b   Harland, Stephen J ^b   Kirk, Sarah J ^b  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248183961     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.08.4889     Document Type: Article

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