International trends in the incidence of testicular cancer 1973–2002

摘要

BackgroundWhile testicular cancer incidence rates have been widely reported in populations of Northern European ancestry, rates in other population have been less frequently examined. In a prior report, global testicular cancer incidence rates and trends for the years 1973–1997 were summarized. The current report extends these analyses with an additional 5 years of data from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents.