Cancer - testes; Germ cell tumor; Seminoma testicular cancer; Nonseminoma testicular cancer
Prevention
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends against routine screening for testicular cancer because there is no known effective screening technique. This recommendation does not apply if there is a personal history of an undescended testicle.
References
Einhorn LH. Testicular cancer. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 210.
Screening for testicular cancer. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2011. Accessed April 2011.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. Testicular cancer. v.2.2011.
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Review Date: 06/13/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow
Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed
by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
