Testicular Cancer: Peer‐Reviewed Analysis
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Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in young men (ages 15-45). In the testes, cancer of the germ cells (immature sperm) is by far the most frequent, though cancer of the testosteroneproducing Leydig cells can also occur. Fortunately, treatment for testicular cancer has markedly improved over the past several decades, and the disease is frequently curable with combinations of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. As a result, mortality from testicular cancer has declined, but the incidence of new cases has steadily increased in many countries since the 1940’s.
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