Is increased body mass index associated with the incidence of testicular germ cell cancer?

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 731-738

  Dieckmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Hartmann, Jörg Thomas ^b   Classen, Johannes ^c   Diederichs, Malte ^a   Pichlmeier, Uwe ^d  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c St Vincentius Kliniken   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Germ cell neoplasm; Nonseminoma; Obesity; Seminoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549123162     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-008-0504-1     Document Type: Article

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