Management of Stage II testicular seminoma over a period of 40 years

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 534-538

  Detti, Beatrice ^a   Livi, Lorenzo ^a   Scoccianti, Silvia ^a   Gacci, Mauro ^a   Lapini, Alberto ^a   Cai, Tommaso ^a   Meattini, Icro ^a   Mileo, Anna Maria ^a   Iannalfi, Alberto ^a   Bruni, Alessio ^a   Biti, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Outcome; Radiotherapy; Stage II; Testicular seminoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; COBALT; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER; SEMINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249107403     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.07.034     Document Type: Article

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