Testicular Cancer: Genomics and Public Health

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Testicular Cancer: Genomics and Public Health

Testicular cancer — discoveries and updates
Nasser H. Hanna, et al. N Engl J Med 2014; 371:2005-2016

State of science fact sheet - testicular cancer,  [PDF 93.42 KB] American Cancer Society

Testicular cancer information from the National Cancer Institute

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Recent insights

Genetic and epigenetic analysis of monozygotic twins discordant for testicular cancer.
Kratz CP, et al. Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2014 Oct 22;5(3):135-9.

Familial testicular germ cell tumors (FTGCT) - overview of a multidisciplinary etiologic study.
Greene MH, et al. Andrology. 2014 Oct 9.

Multi-stage genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility locus for testicular germ cell tumour on chromosome 3q25.
Litchfield K, et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Oct 3

MicroRNAs in testicular cancer: implications for pathogenesis, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy. 
Bezan A, et al. Anticancer Res. 2014 Jun;34(6):2709-13.

Update on testicular germ cell tumors.
Nallu A, et al. Curr Opin Oncol. 2014 May;26(3):294-8.