Subtype-specific incidence of testicular cancer in Germany: A pooled analysis of nine population-based cancer registries

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 306-316

  Stang, A ^a   Rusner, C ^a   Eisinger, B ^b,c,d   Stegmaier, C ^e   Kaatsch, P ^f  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Common Cancer Registry of Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^c Mecklenburg Western Pomerania ^*  (Germany)

^d Free States of Saxony and Thuringa (GKR)   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; Embryonal carcinoma; Incidence; Malignant teratoma; Mortality; Non seminoma; Population based; Seminoma; Testicular dysgenesis syndrome; Testicular lymphoma; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHORIOCARCINOMA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; STANDARDIZATION; TESTIS CANCER; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651244234     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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