Father-son testicular cancer.
Testicular tumors in closely related family members are rare. We report a case of familial testicular cancer occurring in father-son pairs. The father had teratocarcinoma and his son developed pure seminoma. The association of a genetic factor in the etiology of testicular malignancy is discussed.
Yoshimura
K
K
Department of Urology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Japan.
Nishimura
K
K
Miyoshi
S
S
Mizutani
S
S
Mise
T
T
Iwasa
K
K
D000328:Adult; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013724:Teratoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology