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Volume 357:825-827 August 23, 2007 Number 8
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Correction of Cryptorchidism and Testicular Cancer

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To the Editor: Pettersson and colleagues (May 3 issue)1 report that treatment for undescended testis before puberty as compared with treatment after puberty halves the risk of testicular cancer associated with undescended testicles. In a Danish cohort study, which had an almost identical design and included twice the number of cases of testicular cancer, we found no such difference.

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