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IS BIOPSY OF THE CONTRALATERAL TESTIS NECESSARY IN PATIENTS WITH GERM CELL TUMORS?
1 Oct 1997
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PURPOSE: Carcinoma in situ is present in the contralateral testis in up to 5% of patients with a primary germ cell tumor and will progress in the majority of cases to a second primary invasive cancer. We address the question of whether the other testis should be biopsied in patients with testis tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The literature on carcinoma in situ of the testis from 1972 to the present was critically...
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