The epidemiology of testicular cancer in upstate New York.
In a study of 250 cases of cancer of the testis and of neighborhood- and age-matched controls in upstate New York in 1977-1980, the authors found that risk was enhanced by possession of a number of traits associated with exposure of the testis to heat; occupational exposures to fertilizers, phenols, and fumes or smoke; and trauma to the testis. Risk was also increased for characteristics related to congenital and developmental aberrancies and testis-related abnormalities, e.g., low sperm count, fertility problems, atrophic testis, and cryptorchidism. Several of these risk factors were statistically significant in a multiple regression model that adjusted for all other significant traits, age, and education.
Haughey
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Department of Graduate Nurse Education, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214.
Graham
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Brasure
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Zielezny
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Sufrin
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Burnett
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000453:epidemiology; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004522:Educational Status; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York; D009790:Occupations; D012307:Risk Factors; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013737:Testis / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries