Urology
Volume 79, Issue 1 , Pages 156-159 , January 2012

Clinical Impact of Residual Extraretroperitoneal Masses in Patients With Advanced Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Testicular Cancer

  • Timothy A. Masterson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Urology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • Department of Urology, Indiana University, Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • Bobby Shayegan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Urology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Brett S. Carver

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Urology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Dean F. Bajorin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Darren R. Feldman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Robert J. Motzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • George J. Bosl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Joel Sheinfeld

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Urology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Joel Sheinfeld, M.D., Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 353 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021

Received 9 August 2011 ,Accepted 28 September 2011.

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PII: S0090-4295(11)02468-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.09.038

Urology
Volume 79, Issue 1 , Pages 156-159 , January 2012

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