Obscure etiology, unusual disparity: the epidemiology of testicular cancer in New Zealand

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 561-569

  Gurney, Jason K ^a   Sarfati, Diana ^a   Stanley, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Epidemiology; Ethnic disparity; Survival; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI (PEOPLE); NEW ZEALAND; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; CAUCASIAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925543299     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0533-4     Document Type: Article

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