Age at surgery for undescended testis and risk of testicular cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1835-1841

  Pettersson, Andreas ^a,c,d   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^c   Nordenskjold, Agneta ^a   Kaijser, Magnus ^a,b   Akre, Olof ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTORCHISM; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; ORCHIDOPEXY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER; VITAL STATISTICS; AGE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; RISK; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBERTY; RISK; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 34247843021     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa067588     Document Type: Article

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