The cause of testicular cancer remains controversial and thought to be multifactorial.
However, more recent data show that carcinogenic potential of altered testicular environment might induce cancer and that early surgical correction might decrease the chance of cancer development. We report a case of a 20-month-old boy who underwent radical orchiectomy because of testicular cancer detected 9 months after orchiopexy of undescended testis.
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Oh MM, Kim JW, Kim JW, Chae JY, Yoon CY, Kim JJ, Park MG, Moon DG. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Korea University Medical Center, Republic of Korea; Department of Urology, Korea University Medical Center and Korea University Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Urology, Inje University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Urology, Korea University Medical Center and Korea University Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Reference: Urology. 2013 Dec 11. pii: S0090-4295(13)01328-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.10.020
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24332126
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