Utility of serum tumor markers during surveillance for stage i seminoma

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5245-5250

  Vesprini, Danny ^a,b   Chung, Peter ^b   Tolan, Shaun ^b   Gospodarowicz, Mary ^b   Jewett, Michael ^b   O'Malley, Martin ^b,d   Sweet, Joan ^b   Moore, Malcolm ^b   Panzarella, Tony ^b   Sturgeon, Jeremy ^e   Sugar, Linda ^c   Anson Cartwright, Lynn ^b   Warde, Padraig ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

biomarkers; relapse; serum tumor markers; stage I seminoma; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; RECURRENCE; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84867891439     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27539     Document Type: Article

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