Occult testicular leukemia: Testicular biopsy at three years continuous complete remission of childhood leukemia: A southwest oncology group study
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Open-wedge testicular biopsy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia after two years of maintenance therapy: diagnostic accuracy and influence on outcome--a report from Children's Cancer Study Group.
Bilateral testicular biopsies were performed on 708 males with acute lymphoblastic leukemia completing 24 to 30 months of maintenance chemotherapy in continuous remission. The 73 patients (10.3%) with occult testicular leukemia (TL) had a significantly increased risk of subsequent relapse (P = .0001) and death (P less than .0001) when compared with patients with negative biopsies. Protocol-spec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810201)47:3<470::aid-cncr2820470308>3.0.co;2-t