High-risk clinical stage I nonseminomatous germ cell tumors: The case for chemotherapy

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-461

  Westermann, Dirk H ^a   Studer, Urs E ^b  

^a STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germ cell; High risk; Nonseminomatous; Testicular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS TUMOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68549112693     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-009-0456-3     Document Type: Article

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