Medical Surgical Nursing

(Tina Sui) #1
Five-year survival rate is 95%.

Management same as prostate cancer

Risk Factors


Undescended testicles (cryptorchidism),

A family history of testicular cancer,

Cancer of one testicle,

Ethnicity: more common in white Caucasian

Assessment


Subjective data

Heaviness in scrotum Weight loss

Scrotal pain Anxiety or depression

Objective data

Palpation of abdomen and scrotum – enlarged

Mass or lump on the testicle and usually painless

Medical Management


The testis is removed by orchiectomy

Cryptorchidism

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