Increasing incidence of testicular cancer in the United States and Europe between 1992 and 2009

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 623-631

  Nigam, Manas ^a   Aschebrook Kilfoy, Briseis ^b   Shikanov, Sergey ^c   Eggener, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs Illiana Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Germ cell and embryonal; Neoplasms; Testicular neoplasms; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932120144     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-014-1361-y     Document Type: Article

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