Metastasis of colorectal carcinoma to the testes: Clinical presentation and possible pathways

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-209

  Hatoum, Hassan A ^a   Abi Saad, George S ^a   Otrock, Zaher K ^a   Barada, Kassem A ^a   Shamseddine, Ali I ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Metastasis; pathways; Review; Testes

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; METASTASIS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TESTIS METASTASIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 80052744497     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-010-0140-z     Document Type: Review

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