Increased availability of estrogens to the foetus and the risk of testicular cancer in later life: does insulin have a role?

Med Hypotheses. 2008;71(1):152-3. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.01.021. Epub 2008 Mar 7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Estrogens / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Fetus / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Insulin / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Models, Biological
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / metabolism
  • Testicular Neoplasms / etiology*

Substances

  • Estrogens
  • Insulin
  • Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin