The case for iron repletion as a promoter in testicular cancer

The incidence of testicular cancer has increased considerably in this century. Current hypotheses (most specifically, those concerning environmental estrogens) show inconsistencies with this increase, either in terms of time course or individual exposure to proposed promoters. This new hypothesis, which attributes the increased incidence in testicular cancer to our current more iron-replete dietary status, is devoid of these inconsistencies.