Resection of postchemotherapy residual masses and limited retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy in patients with metastatic testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumors
โ Scribed by Armen G. Aprikian; Harry W. Herr; Dean F. Bajorin; George J. Bosl
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 606 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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