Bilateral testicular germ cell tumours: A systematic review

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1102-1109

  Zequi, Stenio De Cassio ^a   Da Costa, Walter Henriques ^a   Santana, Thiago B M ^a   Favaretto, Ricardo L ^a   Sacomani, Carlos A R ^a   Guimaraes, Gustavo C ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bilateral testicular cancer; bilateral testicular germ cell tumour; testis cancer; testis germ cell tumour

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BILATERAL CANCER; BILATERAL TESTICULAR GERM CELL TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS NONSEMINOMA CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SECOND CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871907893     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11056.x     Document Type: Review

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