title: Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Testis Cancer.
abstract: Testis cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in young men. Most cases represent sporadic occurrences. Most commonly it presents at an early stage (clinical stage I) and is highly curable with radical orchiectomy. Even more advanced stages of testicular cancer are curable with a multimodality treatment approach. There are no widely accepted screening strategies for germ cell tumors. This article discusses the known risk factors and epidemiology of testis cancer, the presentation, and work up for new patients, and the prognosis and cure rates based on the staging and current treatment modalities for testis cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
authors.forename: Scott M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, 1950 Circle of Hope, #6405, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Electronic address: will.lowrance@hci.utah.edu.
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Lowrance
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016353:Self-Examination / Q000379:methods*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
keywords: Epidemiology; Germ cell tumors; Nonseminoma; Seminoma; Testis cancer