Testicular cancer is a
disease in which malignant (
cancer) cells form in the
tissues of one or both testicles.
Health history can affect the risk of developing
testicular cancer.
Full article >>>Testicular cancer is highly treatable when
diagnosed early. Depending on the type and stage of
testicular cancer, you may receive one of several
treatments, or a combination.
Full article >>>Testicular cancerDefinition:
Testicular cancer is an abnormal, rapid, and
invasive growth of
cancerous (malignant) cells in the testicles (male sex
glands adjacent to the
penis).
Full article >>>Testicular cancer affects the
testis, the male sex
glands in the
scrotum that produce
testosterone and
sperm, but it can spread to the
liver, brain and other parts of the body.
Full article >>>Testicular cancer is uncommon. It is responsible for only half of one percent of all male
cancer deaths. As rare as it is, it is the most common
cancer in men between the ages of 29 and 35. It occurs most often in white men.
Full article >>>Testicular cancer affects one in 450 men before the age of
50
Testicular cancer affects one in 450 men before the age of 50 and is the commonest
cancer in men between 15 and 45 years of age.
Full article >>>Testicular cancer is usually found by the individual. It may appear on the testicle as a hard growth that is as small as a grain of rice, or it may
first come to the person's attention as tenderness and
swelling without an obvious lump.
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Full article >>>Testicular cancer is most common in men between the ages of 15 and 34. The ACS estimated that there were 7,600 cases of
testicular cancer in 1998.
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Full article >>>A group of
testicular cancers that begin in the
germ cells (cells that give rise to
sperm). Nonseminomas are identified by the type of
cell in which they begin and include embryonal
carcinoma, teratoma,
choriocarcinoma, and yolk
sac carcinoma.
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Full article >>>Some types of
cancer, particularly
lymphoma or
testicular cancer, that have spread to the lung can be cured with
chemotherapy. However, this is the exception rather than the rule.
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Full article >>>Early
treatment is important; an
undescended testicle will not develop normally, possibly causing
infertility and greatly increasing the long-term risk for
testicular cancer appearing at age 30 or 40.
Full article >>>The warmer termperatures inside the body can impair the development of the testicles and the production of fertile
sperm.
Undescended testicles are also more prone to
testicular cancer, even after corrective
surgery.
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