The prevalence of familial testicular cancer: An analysis of two patient populations and a review of the literature

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1954-1960

  Dieckmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Pichlmeier, Uwe ^b  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Etiology; Familial cancer; Risk factors; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030703114     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19971115)80:10<1954::AID-CNCR12>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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