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Testicular cancer is most common cancer in men between 15 to 35 years old. There are two broad types: seminoma and nonseminoma histologies. The nonseminoma group of cancers includes embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, yolk sac carcinoma and choriocarcinoma.
The two testicles (or testis) produce sperm and male hormones. Men who have an undescended testicle (a testicle that didn't move down into the scrotum) are at higher risk of developing testicular cancer. World-wide about 36,000 men are diagnosed with
testicular cancer each year.
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- What You Need to Know About Testicular Cancer- Patient's booklet (National Cancer Institute, USA) This site contains information about the disease, diagnosis, staging, and treatment options.
- Men Against Cancer (Ireland) a cancer support group which provides information, advice and support to men who have received a recent diagnosis of prostate or testicular cancer. This page is on the Irish Cancer Society web site.
- Mind over Matter - Testicular Cancer Support Group (UK) a group aimong to provide to support through befriending and to increase awareness of testicular cancer
- Orchid Cancer Appeal (UK) The Orchid Appeal charity was launched in October 1997 and aims to promote research and raise awareness of postate and testicular cancer. The site includes details about the Appeal, about the cancers, newsletter, doctor's info, and links.
- Patient's information for Testicular cancer (including Germ Cell tumor) (CancerNet) Information about the disease, staging, and treatment overviews. It is reviewed each month by a panel of medical experts.
- Questions and Answers: Testicular cancer From the CancerHelp Web site produced by Cancer Research UK.
- Testicular Cancer A brief overview of TC by Health Watch
- Testicular cancer (Royal Marsden Hospital, UK) An on-line patient booklet.
- Testicular cancer (CancerHelp UK) Information about the cancer, diagnosis, treatment and living with the disease.
- Testicular Cancer - Fact Sheet Cancer Research UK
- Testicular Cancer Resource Center (ACOR) This site includes information about treatment, support issues, testicular self exam, TC dictionary and over 600 links to information about testicular cancer and related issues.
- Testicular Cancer: Survival High with Early Treatment (FDA)
- Testicular self-examination (leaflet) (Royal Marsden Hospital, UK) An on-line patient booklet.
- Understanding Cancer of the testes (BACUP, UK) An on-line booklet
See also Testicular Cancer Menu
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- CancerLit: Male Reproductive Cancers (National Cancer Institute) On-line abstracts for health professionals. Sorted by month and year for Testicular, Penile, and Prostate Cancer.
- Case study: 18 year old man with a mixed germ cedll tumor of testes (Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh)
- Case study: A thirty-three year old man with a Leydig cell tumor (paratesticular) (Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh)
- Male Genital System Pathology (WebPath, USA) Pathology Images - including some cancer related.
- Orchid Cancer Appeal (UK) The Orchid Appeal charity was launched in October 1997 and aims to promote research and raise awareness of postate and testicular cancer. The site includes details about the Appeal, about the cancers, newsletter, doctor's info, and links.
- Physician's PDQ statement for Testicular cancer (including Germ Cell tumors) (CancerNet) A referenced overview of the disease, cellular classification, staging, and current treatment overviews. It is reviewed each month by experts at the NCI.
- Testicular Cancer: Survival High with Early Treatment (FDA)
- Testicular Tumors - Genetic information (OMIM, National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA)
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