The exact risk of developing a second primary cancer following radiotherapy for testicular seminoma is not known. At the Northern Israel Oncology Center, between the years 1968-1988, 75 patients with early stage (1,IIA) testicular seminoma were treated by orchiectomy followed by radiation therapy. T
Familial testicular cancer and second primary cancers in testicular cancer patients by histological type
✍ Scribed by C Dong; I Lönnstedt; K Hemminki
- Book ID
- 117657282
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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