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Original Articles: Clinical

Outcome of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the testis by era of treatment: the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience

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Pages 1217-1224 | Received 16 Jan 2010, Accepted 18 Mar 2010, Published online: 05 May 2010

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