Testicular Cancer

Question 1

True or false: Testicular cancer is a carcinoma.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is the most common cancer of men ages 15-35 y/o?

Answer 2

Testicular cancer

Question 3

What is the yearly incidence of testicular cancer?

Answer 3

8400

Question 4

What is the mortality rate of testicular cancer?

Answer 4

380 deaths per year

Question 5

What are the symptoms of testicular cancer?

Answer 5

1) Lump, irregularity, or enlargement of one or both testicles
2) Pulling or heaviness in the scrotum
3) Ache in the groin or lower abdomen
4) Pain or discomfort in the testicle or scrotum

Question 6

If you can feel a lump, where is the tumor?

Answer 6

On the outside of the testicle.

Question 7

If there is no lump, but the testicle is enlarged, where is the tumor?

Answer 7

Inside the testicle

Question 8

By what route must testicular cancer metastasize?

Answer 8

Through the lymphatic system (because the scrotum is not part of the abdomen)

Question 9

Stage in which cancer is limited to the testicle.

Answer 9

Stage I

Question 10

Stage in which cancer has spread to the lymph nodes in the abdomen.

Answer 10

Stage II

Question 11

Stage in which cancer has spread to other parts of the body (brain and lungs most common)

Answer 11

Stage III

Question 12

Survival rate of stage I

Answer 12

> 99%

Question 13

Survival rate of stage II

Answer 13

96%

Question 14

Survival rate of stage III

Answer 14

74%

Question 15

What treatment always has to be done?

Answer 15

surgery

Question 16

How is testicular cancer treated?

Answer 16

1) surgery
2) Chemo (sometimes with stage II, always with stage III)
3) Radiation

Question 17

Why is testicular cancer so sensitive to chemotherapy?

Answer 17

Testicular cancer is a cancer of germ calls (not epithelial cells); it is very sensitive to chemo because germ cells do not want to send DNA damage to their progeny.

Question 18

What is the saline-filled testicle implant called?

Answer 18

The Mentor