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The end of your testicular cancer treatment is an occasion to be celebrated. However, for many men, there is this little niggling sensation in the back of your mind that says, “What if I get this disease again? What will happen?” These are common thoughts that run through the minds of...
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Males and those who love them often ask a lot of questions about those things that put them at risk such as testicular cancer. The questions about testicular cancer usually revolve around what it is, how to prevent it, what symptoms to look for, are there different kinds of testicular cancer, and what tests...
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When you hear about stem cell therapy in regards to testicular cancer, it is usually in conjunction with chemotherapy. There are a number of clinical studies and such which explore whether or not the transplantation of stem cells will help once an intensive, high dose of chemotherapy is given. If you are not...
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When a man undergoes surgery to remove a testicle due to testicular cancer, one of the biggest concerns (besides making sure all the cancer was found) is how their appearance will be post-surgery. Some men will not feel as manly while others may not have a problem with just one testicle. For those who do...
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A diagnosis of testicular cancer can be devastating to a man but the good news that it can be treated quite successfully. Even better news is that there is plenty of cancer research being conducted all over the world so that people with a cancer diagnosis will have access to the latest and greatest...
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After the treatment is over, and you have celebrated the news with family and friends you will want to get on with the process of life taking along with you the lessons you have learned during your scrape with cancer. What we do and what we eat have a huge impact on the health of our body. Having had the...
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Young males are often too busy enjoying what life has to offer to think about cancer. Life is just starting to get really good for them, as most are just starting careers and families. To them, cancer is something that happens to the elderly. Sadly, one in 277 men will hear the words, “you have...
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Hearing that your treatment for testicular cancer is now complete is an exciting announcement and you should celebrate your achievement. The stress of what you have just endured is perhaps not complete yet as you contemplate what is going to happen next? Will the cancer come back and if that is a...
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One of the most pressing issues that men with testicular cancer worry about is the ability to have a family. Fertility can be affected by both the cancer as well as the different treatment options as the two are intertwined. In fact, by the time testicular cancer is diagnosed, your sperm count is likely low....
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When a man find out he has testicular cancer, after coming to grips with it, he will likely have quite a few questions about sex and how the cancer will affect that area of his life. This is quite a normal reaction! Will my sex drive decrease? Can I still get an erection? Will I still get orgasms? Can I...
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All males should be aware of the possibility of testicular cancer. Detecting cancer early gives anyone a better chance for cure and the same is the case for testicular cancer. Males who perform a self-examination on a regular basis can detect testicular cancer early. Those males who are considered to be at...
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Males who are aware of testicular cancer may be concerned about what to look out for when doing self-examinations. They often wonder what exactly are the symptoms of testicular cancer? Here are some simple facts that may help to determine what are the symptoms and when to be concerned. It is important to...
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Nine out of ten men who get testicular cancer had a lump on one or both of their testicles, a sure sign that something was wrong. For some, there were no symptoms and the disease was caught incidentally during the course of finding something else. Regardless of how a man finds out he has testicular cancer,...
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There are a number of options you may be able to pursue with your stage I testicular cancer. For instance, if your cancer is a stage I seminoma, the primary treatment option is the surgical removal of the affected testicle along with the spermatic cord. This procedure is called a radical inguinal...
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Risk factors for testicular cancer are those things that put a male at a higher than normal chance for getting testicular cancer than the average male would have. Having one or more risk factors for a disease, such as testicular cancer does not necessarily mean that you will actually get this cancer. Males...