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Risk of testicular cancer in subfertile men: case-control study
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between subfertility in men and the subsequent risk of testicular cancer. DESIGN: Population based case-control study. SETTING: The Danish population. PARTICIPANTS: Cases were identified in the Danish Cancer Registry; controls were randomly selected from the Danish population with the computerised Danish Central Population Register. Men were interviewed by telephone; 514 men with cancer and 720 controls participated. OUTCOME MEASURE: Occurrence of testicular cancer. RESULTS: A reduced risk of testicular cancer was associated with paternity (relative risk 0.63; 95% confidence interval 0.47 to 0.85). In men who before the diagnosis of testicular cancer had a lower number of children than expected on the basis of their age, the relative risk was 1.98 (1.43 to 2.75). There was no corresponding protective effect associated with a higher number of children than expected. The associations were similar for seminoma and non-seminoma and were not influenced by adjustment for potential confounding factors. CONCLUSION: These data are consistent with the hypothesis that male subfertility and testicular cancer share important aetiological factors.
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- Moller, H., & Skakkebak, N. E.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1999-02-27
- Volume
- 318
- Issue
- 7183
- Pages
- 559-562
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
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- W2131393153
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- 272
- References
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- FWCI
- 16.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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