Successful testis preservation for bilateral testicular tumors with a new chemotherapy-based protocol: Initial results of three cases

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 879-882

  Tomita, Eri ^a   Kondo, Tsunenori ^a   Nakazawa, Hayakazu ^b   Ito, Fumio ^b   Hashimoto, Yasunobu ^a   Tanabe, Kazunari ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Hypogonadism; Male fertility; Organ preservation; Surgery; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; PEPLEOMYCIN; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTIS TUMOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548190742     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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