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. 1986 Sep;40(3):214-7.
doi: 10.1136/jech.40.3.214.

Month of birth of men with malignant germ cell tumours of the testis

L Bernstein, C Chilvers, T Murrells, M C Pike

Month of birth of men with malignant germ cell tumours of the testis

L Bernstein et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1986 Sep.

Abstract

A recent paper has suggested that there is a temporal cycle in birth rates of men with testis cancer with a peak in April/May. We have investigated the suggestion using data from the South Thames and Los Angeles cancer registries. There is some slight evidence of a peak in August, which is confined to teratomas. The effects demonstrated are, however, too small and inconsistent to provide any real clue to the aetiology of testis cancer.

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