Role of chemotherapy prior to orchiectomy in metastatic testicular cancer—is testis really a sanctuary site?

A germ-cell tumour (GCT) of the testis is a chemosensitive tumour with high cure rates even in advanced disease. Radical inguinal orchiectomy is the initial procedure used to diagnose it which helps to risk-stratify these patients. However, in patients with life-threatening metastases, primary chemo...

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Autores principales: Reddy, B Vinusha, Sivakanth, A, Naveen Babu, G, Swamyvelu, Krishnamurthy, Basavana Goud, YG, Madhusudhana, BA, Challa, Vasu Reddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cancer Intelligence 2014
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24624227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2014.407

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24624227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2014.407

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