Germ cell cancer and disorders of spermatogenesis: An environmental connection?

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Why is there a small peak of germ cell tumours in the postnatal period and a major peak in young age, starting at puberty? And, paradoxically, small risk in old age, although spermatogenesis is a lifelong process? Why is this type of cancer more common in individuals with maldeveloped gonads, including undescended testis, gonadal dysgenesis and androgen insensitivity syndrome? Why has there, during the past 50...

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