Testicular Cancer

Exposure to toxin in certain foods could boost risk

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 16th, 2002

A compound found in certain foods may be a cause of testicular cancer in young men, proposes a Wake Forest University cancer researcher.

Writing in the February issue of Cancer Causes and Control, Gary G. Schwartz, PhD, MPH, PhD, proposes that exposure to a common carcinogen called ochratoxin A during childhood or even before birth may set up the testes so that testicular growth during puberty triggers the launch of testicular cancer.

Ochratoxin A results from molds that grow in grains and coffee beans and is found in animals that consume moldy grain, especially pigs.

"Little is known about the etiology of testicular...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-04-16)

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