
Is testicular cancer incidence in blacks increasing?
Author(s) -
Stephen K. Van Den Eeden,
N. S. Weiss
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.79.11.1553
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , testicular cancer , epidemiology , medicine , cancer incidence , demography , cancer , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
Using data collected by the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER) from 1973-84, we found no evidence of an increase in the incidence of testicular cancer in Blacks, in contrast to an increase of nearly 33 percent in Whites.