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Is carboplatin as effective as radiotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of stage I seminoma?

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boxed-textOliver RTD et al. (2005) Radiotherapy versus single-dose carboplatin in adjuvant treatment of stage I seminoma: a randomised trial. Lancet 366: 293–300

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