Repeat retroperitoneal lymph-node dissection after chemotherapy for metastatic testicular germ cell tumour

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 809-812

  Willis, Susan F ^a   Winkler, Mathias ^a   Savage, Philip ^a   Seckl, Michael J ^a   Christmas, Timothy J ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Metastatic testicular cancer; Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; METASTASIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RELAPSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548404812     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07087.x     Document Type: Article

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