BACKGROUND. ␣-fetoprotein (AFP), human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) closely follow the course of germ cell tumors (GCTs) and are widely used for diagnosis, prognosis, and follow-up purposes. The objective of this study was to assess the concordance of tumor markers a
The relative risk of second nongerminal malignancies in patients with extragonadal germ cell tumors
✍ Scribed by Jörg T. Hartmann; Craig R. Nichols; Jean-P. Droz; Alan Horwich; Arthur Gerl; Sophie D. Fossa; Jörg Beyer; Jörg Pont; Lawrence Einhorn; Lothar Kanz; Carsten Bokemeyer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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