Partial orchiectomy for presumed malignancy in patients with a solitary testis due to a prior germ cell tumor: A large North American experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 508-513

  Lawrentschuk, Nathan ^a,d   Zuniga, Alvaro ^a   Grabowksi, Arthur C ^b   Rendon, Ricardo A ^c   Jewett, Michael A S ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Urology   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

androgens; biopsy; neoplasms, germ cell and embryonal; orchiectomy; testis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; ORCHIECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651310208     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.072     Document Type: Article

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