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Contact your doctor if you discover any lumps on the testicles or in the scrotum, or develop persistent pain and swelling of either testicle.
Prognosis
Testicular cancer usually can be cured if it is detected and treated early. However, this type of cancer can spread silently and quickly, meaning that some men will not be diagnosed until the disease is in an advanced stage.
Most men with testicular cancer have an excellent prognosis. Men with Stage 1 disease are very likely to be cured with surgery and radiation therapy. Men with Stage 2 testicular cancer have a very good prognosis following surgery and radiation or chemotherapy. Even the small percent of men with the most advanced cases still have a 5-year survival rate of about 50%.
People who have been cured of testicular cancer involving one testicle have a 2% to 5% risk that they will develop cancer in the other testicle at some point in their lives.
Additional Info
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Public Inquiries Office Suite 3036A 6116 Executive Blvd., MSC 8322 Bethesda, MD 20892-8322 Phone: (301) 435-3848 Toll-Free: (800) 422-6237 http://www.nci.nih.gov/
American Cancer Society (ACS) 1599 Clifton Rd., NE Atlanta, GA 30329-4251 Toll-Free: (800) 227-2345 http://www.cancer.org/
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