Testicular Cancer
- Created by: georgiasadler
- Created on: 06-04-14 17:20
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- TESTICULAR CANCER
- Signs / Symptoms
- Lump/swelling on one of testicles either side
- Feeling heaviness or weighing down on scrotum
- Occasional sharp pain/ache
- General feeling of being ill
- Hydrocele - fluid collected in scrotum
- Tiredness
- Occasional / continuous ache in lower abdomen
- Risk factors
- Smoking
- Being infertile
- Family history
- Having HIV or Aids
- Height - being very tall
- Age - 15 - 44 - 95% under 55
- Race - more common in white men
- Treatment
- Depends on stage of cancer
- Orchidectomy - surgically removing affected testicle
- Seminomas stage 1 - single dose of chemotherapy and recommended radiotherapy
- Non-seminomas stage 1 - close follow up, chemotherapy and combination of medications
- Stage 2 + 3 - 3-4 cycles of chemotherapy with different medications
- Stage 4 - additional surgery
- Prevention
- Regularly checking testicles
- Not smoking
- 2 Types
- Seminomas
- Develops more slowly
- Less likely to spread
- Non-seminomas
- Develops faster
- More likely to spread through lymph system
- Seminomas
- Signs / Symptoms
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