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Retroperitoneal lymph-node dissection after chemotherapy for germ cell cancer in patients with elevated tumor markers

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The synopsis was written by Sandra Ford, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital, and a Professor and the Radiotherapy Section Chairman at The Institute of Cancer Research,

    Alan Horwich & Robert Huddart

  2. Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital, and the Team Leader of the Section of Radiotherapy at The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK

    Alan Horwich & Robert Huddart

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Horwich, A., Huddart, R. Retroperitoneal lymph-node dissection after chemotherapy for germ cell cancer in patients with elevated tumor markers. Nat Rev Urol 3, 250–251 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0481

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