Spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases from testicular embryonal carcinoma

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-266

  Kato, Masanori ^a   Ikeda, Yoshihiro ^a   Namiki, Shunichi ^a   Saito, Seiichi ^a   Ito, Akihiro ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonal carcinoma; Lung metastasis; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39849102353     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01969.x     Document Type: Article

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