Clinical features of testicular tumors in children

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 890-893

  Kanto, Satoru ^a   Saito, Hideo ^a   Ito, Akihiro ^a   Satoh, Makoto ^a   Saito, Seiichi ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pediatric; Prognosis; Teratoma; Testicular tumor; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

AGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDERMOID CYST; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORCHIECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 8544223556     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00900.x     Document Type: Review

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