Testis cancer: Genes, environment, hormones

• Auteur principal: Alberto Ferlin (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Carlo Foresta (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Collection: Frontiers Research Topics
• Sujets: Medicine; Germ cell tumor; KITLG; cancer genetics; testis cancer; Cryptorchidism; Endocrine Disruptors
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Testicular cancer (TC) is the most common cancer in males aged 20-40 years, with a worldwide incidence of 7.5 per 100,000, but the rates vary considerably between countries and ethnic groups and there is evidence also for an increasing incidence in last decades. About 95% of all TCs are represented...