Should extragonadal germ cell tumors be included in studies of families with testicular germ cell tumors?
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Should extragonadal germ cell tumors be included in studies of families with testicular germ cell tumors?
BACKGROUND Family history is among the few established risk factors for testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT). Approximately 1.4% of newly diagnosed TGCT patients report a positive family history of TGCT. Sons and siblings of TGCT patients have four- to six fold and eight- to tenfold increase in TGCT risk, respectively. In twins of men with TGCT the relative risk of testicular cancer is 37.5 (12.3-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1897-4287
DOI: 10.1186/1897-4287-11-1