Clinicopathological Study of Regressed Testicular Tumors (Apparent Extragonadal Germ Cell Neoplasms)

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2303-2310

  Angulo, Javier C ^a,b   González, Javier ^a,b   Rodríguez, Nuria ^d   Hernández, Emilio ^a,b   Núñez, Carlos ^a,b   Rodríguez Barbero, Jose M ^a,b   Santana, Alicia ^c   López, José I ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

germ cell and embryonal; neoplasm regression; neoplasms; spontaneous; testicular neoplasms; testis; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; HEMOSIDERIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRAGONADAL GERM CELL NEOPLASM; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSAMMOMA BODY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTAL PAIN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINOMA; SPAIN; SPERMATIC CORD; SYMPTOM; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350459661     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.07.045     Document Type: Article

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