A novel approach to estimate the German-wide incidence of testicular cancer

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Stang, Andreas ^a   Katalinic, Alexander ^b   Dieckmann, Klaus Peter ^c   Pritzkuleit, Ron ^b   Stabenow, Roland ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^d Brandenburg Mecklenburg Vorpommern Sachsen Anhalt Sachsen Thöringen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; Germany; Hospitalizations; Incidence; Population based; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649114324     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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