Maternal hormone levels among populations at high and low risk of testicular germ cell cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1787-1793

  Zhang, Y ^a   Graubard, B I ^a   Klebanoff, M A ^b   Ronckers, C ^a   Stanczyk, F Z ^c   Longnecker, M P ^d   McGlynn, K A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Maternal hormone levels; Testicular germ cell cancer; Undescended testes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYPTORCHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ESTROGENS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 19944365183     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602545     Document Type: Article

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