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Prevalence of pathogenic germline cancer risk variants in testicular cancer patients: Identifying high risk groups.
Urologic oncology - 1 Mar 2022
Ramamurthy Chethan, Nassar Amin H, Abou Alaiwi Sarah, Adib Elio, Akl Elie W, Yang Shan, Esplin Edward D, Liss Michael A, Tomlinson Gail E, Sonpavde Guru P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Germline studies in testicular cancer have focused on unselected populations but so far have not led to recommendations for testicular cancer screening. OBJECTIVE: Herein, we hypothesized that men with testicular cancer and an additional risk factor for hereditary cancer predisposition carry a higher rate of pathogenic variants than men with testicular cancer without another risk factor. METHODS AND...
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