Autopsy findings are reviewed in 154 patients treated for germ cell tumors of the testis. OF the patients with apparently pure seminoma, 44% had autopsy evidence of nonseminomatous metastases. For all tumor types, the most common sites of distant metastasis were lung (89%), liver (73%), brain (31%),
Interrelationships of histopathology and other clinical variables in patients with germ cell tumors of the testis
β Scribed by George J. Bosl; Nancy Geller; C. Cirrincione; Steven I. Hajdu; Willet Whitmore Jr; Jerome Nisselbaum; Davor Vugrin; Robert B. Golbey
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 427 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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