VARIATION IN WORLDWIDE TESTICULAR CANCER MORTALITY (p 1853)
Death rates from testicular cancer remain inconsistent worldwide, with the overall trend in decreasing mortality being slower in eastern Europe compared with western Europe, USA, and Japan, conclude authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Testicular cancer is curable if treated appropriately. Fabio Levi and colleagues from the Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Lausanne, Switzerland, assessed trends of mortality from testicular cancer in Europe, the USA, and Japan. Information on death from testicular cancer was obtained from national mortality data recorded on the WHO Database. In the European Union and the six countries of central and eastern Europe, peak mortality rates (1