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Cohort R75: Testicular Cancer and Genital Abnormalities Print   Email


Title: Cohort R75: Testicular Cancer and Genital Abnormalities

Summary: This cohort consists of 21, 602 Army veterans from World War II and the Korean Conflict with one of the following diagnoses: testicular trauma, mumps orchitis, epididymitis, and cryptorchidism.

References:
Morrison AS. Some social and medical characteristics of army men with testicular cancer. Am J Epidemiology, 104(5), 511-16, 1976.

Keywords: testicular neoplasms; testicular cancer; cancer of the testis

Cohort Characteristics: 21,602 total records

Data item

Cohort (n=21,602)

Military service number:

100% complete

Social security number:

39% complete

VA claim folder number:

77% complete

Full name:

88% complete

Race:

95% complete

White:

77%

Year of birth:

88% complete

Vital status as of 1974-

 

Date of death:

23% complete

Underlying cause of death:

23% complete

Date of entry onto active duty:

44% complete

Date of release from active duty:

44% complete




Last Updated: 8/15/2005, 01:58 PM RSS





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