Management of the contralateral testicle in patients with unilateral testicular cancer

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-426

  Lee, Eugene K ^a   Holzbeierlein, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 68549094429     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-009-0410-4     Document Type: Review

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