[Occupational and educational conditions of young radiologists]. / Yngre radiologers arbejds- og uddannelsesforhold.

A questionnaire containing 56 questions on educational activities and occupational preferences was sent to postgraduate trainees at all Departments of Diagnostic Radiology in Denmark. Answers were received from 154 individuals or 63% of the trainees. Trainees at University departments assessed the daily educational activities as less satisfactory than did trainees at other departments. Financial support for educational courses was less often given to trainees from the eastern region including the capital than to trainees from the rest of the country. Evaluation interviews, made in order to assess the trainee's progress, had been attended by 22%. Fifty-nine % of these interviews resulted in alteration of the trainee's working programme. If appropriate for their career, 82% would apply for an appointment requiring changing their address.

Testicular cancer risk in boys with maldescended testis: a cohort study.

Testicular maldescent is considered as a predisposing condition for development of testicular malignancy. Male subjects with a history of cryptorchidism have been suggested by some authors to have a 40 to 50 times increased risk of testis cancer. However, the magnitude of this risk is a point of considerable disagreement. Therefore, we studied the records of 506 consecutive patients hospitalized for maldescended testis from January 1949 to December 1960. Testis cancer developed in 6 patients, which when compared to the 1.3 expectant Danish incidence rate, yielded a statistically significant relative risk of 4.7 (95 per cent confidence interval 1.7 to 10.2). Thus, our study confirmed that male subjects with a history of testicular maldescent have an increased risk for testis cancer, although the magnitude of this risk was lower than suggested previously.