Testicular and testicular adnexa tumors in the elderly

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-236

  Gigantino, Vincenzo ^a   La Mantia, Elvira ^a   Franco, Renato ^a   Cecere, Sabrina ^a   Rossetti, Sabrina ^a   Di Napoli, Marilena ^a   Pisano, Carmela ^a   Berretta, Massimiliano ^b   Galzerano, Antonio ^c   Botti, Gerardo ^a   Pignata, Sandro ^a   Facchini, Gaetano ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Burkitt lymphoma; diffuse B cell lymphoma; Leydig tumor; liposarcoma and leiomiosarcoma; nonseminoma; seminoma; spermatocytic seminoma; testicular adnexa; testis

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD22 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 6; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX PROTEIN 1; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA ON X CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP A PROTEIN;

AGED; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LEYDIG CELL; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARATESTICULAR LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PARATESTICULAR LIPOSARCOMA; PARATESTICULAR SARCOMA; PRIMARY TESTICULAR LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SEMINOMA; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; SPERMATOCYTIC SEMINOMA; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TESTICULAR ADNEXA TUMOR; TESTICULAR SELF EXAMINATION; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS NONSEMINOMA CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 84873407347     PISSN: 09594973     EISSN: 14735741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CAD.0b013e32835a3598     Document Type: Review

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