Perinatal Markers of Estrogen Exposure and Risk of Testicular Cancer: Follow-up of 1,333,873 Danish Males Born between 1950 and 2002

• Published in: Cancer causes & control Vol. 20; no. 9; pp. 1587 - 1592
• Main Authors: Ramlau-Hansen, Cecilia Høst, Olesen, Anne Vingaard, Parner, Erik Thorlund, Sørensen, Henrik Toft, Olsen, Jørn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.11.2009; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Birth Order; Birth Weight; Brothers; Cancer; Cancer Research; Congenital diseases; Cryptorchidism; Epidemiology; Estrogens; Estrogens - adverse effects; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hematology; Hospitals; Humans; Hypotheses; Male; Males; Medical Record Linkage; Mothers; Multiple births; Oncology; Original Paper; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Premature birth; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - epidemiology; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - etiology; Public Health; Risk Factors; Seminoma; Sons; Testicular cancer; Testicular Neoplasms - epidemiology; Twins; Denmark; United States > US; Aarhus Denmark; Male urogenital diseases; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Testis cancer; Follow-up studies

Objective To examine whether indicators of an increased prenatal estrogen exposure correlate with risk of testicular cancer. Methods This nationwide follow-up study was conducted by linking data on prenatal exposures obtained from medical and birth records for information on incident testicular canc...