Testing the gonadal regression-cytoprotection hypothesis.

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Testing the gonadal regression-cytoprotection hypothesis.

Cancer research - 15 Nov 1998

Crawford B A, Spaliviero J A, Simpson J M, Handelsman D J

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Germinal damage is an almost universal accompaniment of cancer treatment as the result of bystander damage to the testis from cytotoxic drugs and/or irradiation. Cancer treatment for the most common cancers of the reproductive age group in men has improved such that most are now treated with cura...

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Animals
Antineoplastic Agents
Body Weight
Doxorubicin
Genotype
Gonadotropins
Male
Mice
Organ Size
Procarbazine
Seminiferous Tubules
Spermatozoa
Testis

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