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Testicular Cancer, Histologic Classification and Staging, Topography of Lymph Node Metastases

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Tumors of the Male Genital System

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 60))

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From the clinical point of view, histologic classification and staging of tumors have two functions. They are intended to give suggestions for therapy and to provide the basis for an assessment of the end results. Every comparison of different methods of treatment is only meaningful so long as the prognostically different subgroups are known.

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  1. Pathologisches Institut, Westring 17, D-4400, Münster, Deutschland

    Ekkehard Grundmann

  2. Urologische Univ.-Klinik, D-5300, Bonn-Venusberg, Deutschland

    Winfried Vahlensieck

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Hermanek, P. (1977). Testicular Cancer, Histologic Classification and Staging, Topography of Lymph Node Metastases. In: Grundmann, E., Vahlensieck, W. (eds) Tumors of the Male Genital System. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81095-4_21

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