Organ-Sparing Surgery for Adult Testicular Tumours: A Systematic Review of the Literature

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 780-790

  Giannarini, Gianluca ^a   Dieckmann, Klaus Peter ^b   Albers, Peter ^c   Heidenreich, Axel ^d   Pizzocaro, Giorgio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservative surgery; Frozen sections; Leydig cell tumour; Neoplasms, germ cell and embryonal; Testicular neoplasms; Testis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS SPARING SURGERY; TESTIS TUMOR; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ORCHIECTOMY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949492373     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.01.014     Document Type: Review

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