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Cancer Risk in Relatives of Testicular Cancer Patients by Histology Type and Age at Diagnosis: A Joint Study from Five Nordic Countries.
European urology - 1 Aug 2015
Kharazmi Elham, Hemminki Kari, Pukkala Eero, Sundquist Kristina, Tryggvadottir Laufey, Tretli Steinar, Olsen Jörgen H, Fallah Mahdi
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BACKGROUND: None of the population-based epidemiologic studies to date has had a large enough sample size to show the familial risk of testicular cancer (TC) by age at diagnosis for patients and their relatives or for rare histologic subtypes. OBJECTIVE: To estimate absolute and relative risks of TC in relatives of TC patients by age at diagnosis in patients and their relatives and histological subtypes. DESIGN,...
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