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Fetal radiation exposure induces testicular cancer in genetically susceptible mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Shetty Gunapala, Comish Paul B, Weng Connie C Y, Matin Angabin, Meistrich Marvin L
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT), a common solid tissue malignancy in young men, has been annually increasing at an alarming rate of 3%. Since the majority of testicular cancers are derived from germ cells at the stage of transformation of primordial germ cell (PGC) into gonocytes, the increase has been attributed to maternal/fetal exposures to environmental factors. We examined the effects of...
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