Epidemiology of cancer of the testis in upstate New York
Graham, S.; Gibson, R.; West, D.; Swanson, M.; Burnett, W.; Dayal, H.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 58(5): 1255-1261
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-8874 PMID: 192897 Document Number: 114825
Data were collected on the 434 individuals reported with cancer of the testis to the New York State Tumor Registry, 1960-64, from upstate New York [USA]. These were compared with the 410 members of a random sample of the upstate population interviewed from 1959-1962. A high risk of developing cancer of the testis was associated with professional occupations, native-born parentage, rural residence, and having been married, especially while young. These findings paralleled some other studies, as well as an earlier inquiry. Each of these factors carried a higher risk even when considered in the context of the other traits, and risk increased with an increase in the number of characteristics possessed.