Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 11-15 , February 2012

Time trends in testicular cancer in Croatia 1983–2007: Rapid increases in incidence, no declines in mortality

  • Nino Sincic

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Epigenetics and Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Tomislav Kulis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Ariana Znaor

      Affiliations

    • Croatian National Cancer Registry, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Croatian National Cancer Registry, Rockefellerova 7, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Tel.: +385 1 486 32 80; fax: +385 1 486 32 71.
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  • Freddie Bray

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cancer Information, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Received 14 April 2011 ,Revised 22 September 2011 ,Accepted 27 September 2011.

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    Age-standardised incidence and mortality rates (ASR-W) of testicular cancer in Croatia, ages 15–54, 1983–2007.

    Age-standardised incidence and mortality rates (ASR-W) of testicular cancer in Croatia, ages 15–54, 1983–2007.

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    Trends in age-specific incidence rates of testicular cancer in Croatia, ages 15–54, 1983–2007, plotted against year of birth and calendar period.

    Trends in age-specific incidence rates of testicular cancer in Croatia, ages 15–54, 1983–2007, plotted against year of birth and calendar period.

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    Cohort parameters for testicular cancer, based on assumption of zero period slope.

    Cohort parameters for testicular cancer, based on assumption of zero period slope.

PII: S1877-7821(11)00151-2

doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.09.010

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 11-15 , February 2012

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