Relatives Of Boys With Sexual Birth Defects Not At Risk For Testicular Germ Cell Cancer
Boys with the sexual birth defects known as hypospadias and cryptorchidism are at risk for developing testicular germ cell cancer, but their relatives are not, according to a new study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Although hypospadias, the birth defect that involves an abnormally-placed urinary opening, and cryptorchidism, the lack of descension of one or both testes in the scrotal sac, are associated with a risk of developing testicular germ cell cancer, it was unclear whether all three were part of an inheritable dysgenesis syndrome…
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Relatives Of Boys With Sexual Birth Defects Not At Risk For Testicular Germ Cell Cancer
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