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Positron emission tomography (PET) is not indicated in the postchemotherapy evaluation of advanced non-seminomatous testicular germ cell tumors

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Aparicio, J., On behalf of the Spanish Germ Cell Cancer Group. Positron emission tomography (PET) is not indicated in the postchemotherapy evaluation of advanced non-seminomatous testicular germ cell tumors. Clin Transl Oncol 16, 509–510 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-014-1161-2

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