Occupation and Risk for Testicular Cancer: A Case-Control Study

A case-control study of 271 testicular cancer cases aged 18–42, including 60 seminomas and 206 other germinal cell tumours, and 259 controls was carried out to study the association between occupation and testicular cancer risk. Study subjects were identified at three medical centres, two of which t...

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Published in:International journal of epidemiology 1990-12, Vol.19 (4), p.825-831
Main Authors: HAYES, RICHARD B, BROWN, LINDA MORRIS, POTTERN, LINDA M, GOMEZ, MANUEL, KARDAUN, JAN W P F, HOOVER, ROBERT N, O'CONNELL, KEVIN J, SUTZMAN, RAY E, JAVADPOUR, NASSER
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Dysgerminoma - epidemiology
Dysgerminoma - etiology
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Male
Male genital diseases
Medical sciences
Military Personnel
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - epidemiology
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - etiology
Occupational Exposure
Odds Ratio
Risk Factors
Testicular Neoplasms - epidemiology
Testicular Neoplasms - etiology
Tumors
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:A case-control study of 271 testicular cancer cases aged 18–42, including 60 seminomas and 206 other germinal cell tumours, and 259 controls was carried out to study the association between occupation and testicular cancer risk. Study subjects were identified at three medical centres, two of which treat military personnel. Controls were men diagnosed with a cancer other than of the genital tract. Associations were identified between professional employment (administrators, teachers and other professionals) and risk for testicular seminoma, OR = 2.8 (95% Cl: 1.4–5.4) and between employment in production work and risk for other germinal cell tumours, OR = 1.8 (95% Cl: 1.1–2.7). No specific occupations within these broad groups were responsible for the observed increases. Self-reported exposure to microwaves and other radio waves was associated with an excess risk for both sominomas and other germinal cell tumours. However, an assessment of radio wave exposure based on job title did not support this finding. Although testicular cancer has been increasing in recent decades among young males, occupational factors did not appear to account for a substantial proportion of testicular cancer occurence in the population studied.
ISSN:0300-5771
1464-3685
DOI:10.1093/ije/19.4.825