Management and outcome of bilateral testicular germ cell tumors: A 25-year single center experience

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 821-826

  Klatte, Tobias ^a,b   De Martino, Michela ^a   Arensmeier, Knut ^a   Reiher, Frank ^a   Allhoff, Ernst P ^a   Klatte, Detlef ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of Magdeburg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Interval; Prognosis; Risk; Surveillance; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMINOMA;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51349103879     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02107.x     Document Type: Article

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