Clinical Oncology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 30-38 , February 2012

Testing Testes: Problems and Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Testicular Tumours and Implications for Treatment

  • S.S. Jeetle
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  • D.M. Berney

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAuthor for correspondence: D.M. Berney, Department of Molecular Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK. Tel: +44-207-882-3551.

Received 3 May 2011 ,Revised 14 June 2011 ,Accepted 5 July 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.08.005

Clinical Oncology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 30-38 , February 2012

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