Testicular lymphoma: An update for clinicians

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 336-341

  Verma, Nitin ^a,b   Lazarchick, John ^a   Gudena, Vinay ^a   Turner, Jeffrey ^a   Chaudhary, Uzair B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CHOP chemotherapy; CNS relapse; HIV; Lymphoma; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN LYMPHOMA; TESTIS LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; WALDEYER RING;

EID: 56049110630     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31817242bc     Document Type: Review

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