Risk Factors For Testicular Cancer (2)

Males who have had a undescended testicle (cryptorchidism), have had abnormal testicle development, a family history of testicular cancer, are aged 15 - 34 and are male and are Caucasian are at...

Males who have had a undescended testicle (cryptorchidism), have had abnormal testicle development, a family history of testicular cancer, are aged 15 – 34 and are male and are Caucasian are at higher risk for testicular cancer.

Undescended testicle (cryptorchidism) is when the testes forms in the abdominal area during fetal development and instead of descending into the scrotum before birth, remains in the abdominal area. Males who have had one or both testicles that did not descent properly are at greater risk for testicular cancer than males who had testicles descend properly before birth. The risk factor remains the same, even if the surgery was performed to relocate the testicle to the scrotum. However, the majority of males who develop testicular cancer did not have a history of undescended testicles, so the concern should be minimal and something to address with your doctor.

Abnormal testicle development is a condition that causes the testicles to not develop, as they should such as “Klinefelter’s syndrome”. Other conditions are: Hypospadias, coronal hypospadias, dorsal hood foreskin and also peno-scrotal hypospadias. If you have any condition that fits this description, it increases your risk for testicular cancer.

Males who have had testicular cancer in one testicle are at a higher risk for development of testicular cancer in the other testicle. Males who have a family history (biological father or brother) of testicular cancer are also at a higher risk for testicular cancer.

Males who have had abnormalities not only on the testes, but males who have had kidney abnormality, or have had inguinal hernia (hernia in the groin area) are also at increased risk for testicular cancer.

It is not known why, but males who are white in skin color appear to have more testicular cancer occur in the white population than males who are not white.

Testicular cancer can occur in a male at any age, though it typically will occur between the ages of 15 and 34.

Klinefelter’s syndrome is a risk factor for testicular cancer and is a congenital disorder in which an extra X chromosome has resulted in the failure of the testicules diagnosed soon after puberty.

A genetic abnormality of chromosome 12 is also a risk factor.

Having any of these risk factors does not mean that you will get testicular cancer, having a risk factor only puts you in a category of individual in which studies have shown that it was noted that they had these factors when they were diagnosed with testicular cancer. Males have been white and not been diagnosed with testicular cancer, just like males have had a father or brother with testicular cancer and never had it themselves. These stated risk factors are not ones that are in your control, so it is not wise to dwell on them, only to be aware that you are in a risk factor group and should therefore take precautions such as doing self-exams to detect the presence of testicular cancer symptoms early enough for achieving the best outcome possible from treatment.

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