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. 1982 Nov;46(5):749–756. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1982.267

Sports activities and risk of testicular cancer

A J Coldman, J M Elwood, R P Gallagher
PMCID: PMC2011166  PMID: 6128995

Abstract

The relationship of testicular seminoma with several factors was explored using a case-control study. Previously recognized associations with cryptorchidism and infantile inguinal hernia were confirmed and relationships were also found with cycling and horse-riding. These findings represent the first relationships of testicular cancer with well-defined postnatal risk factors.

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