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Testicular Cancer - Top 10 facts

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  • A man’s lifetime risk of developing testicular cancer is approximately 1 in 250
  • It accounts for 1% of all the cancers in men
  • It usually affects young men (age -20-39) in their prime of youth
  • Testicular cancer has the highest cure rates among all cancers (>90%)
  • But, like all cancers, it can recur
  • Testicular cancer is most common in Caucasians and rare in men of African or Asian descent
  • Most commonly there are Two types of testicular cancers--seminomas, or slow growing cancer and non-seminomas, or fast growing cancer
  • Prominent symptoms include pain/swelling/lumps in testicles/groin areas
  • Prominent risk factors include undescended testis (cryptorchidism), family history, mumps and inguinal hernia
  • Surgical removal of a testicle will not affect fertility. Chemotherapy, on the other hand, can harm sperm count/quality. Sperm banking may then be considered.
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