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