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Testicular cancer has a survival rate of 99% when detected early. So why is it estimated that nearly 400 men going to die of testicular cancer this year?
It’s about denial. No man wants to believe that anything could be wrong with “the twins”. Once denial is overcome (because of the pain or prompting from a partner), men tend to be shy about making an appointment to get checked, let alone showing up for the appointment!
Facts:
- When there is lymph node involvement, there is a 70% survival rate.
- When detected early (repeat early) testicular cancer has a 99% survival rate.
- Of all diagnosed cases, there is a 96% survival rate.
- Age group risk is 16-39 year old men.
Symptoms:
- Added weight in your scrotum
- Weird lump on your testicle
- A strange swelling of your testicle
- A change of the hardness of your testicle
- An ache in your lower abdomen, testicle or scrotum
Some risk factors that contribute getting testicular cancer include age, family history, having an undescended testicle, race (whites have a higher incident of testicular cancer), and having gonadal dysgenesis or Klinefelter’s syndrome.
Early detection is easy with a regular self-exam.
Source: American Cancer Society
Tags: cancer, cancer facts, Testicular
Gonorrhea is a common sexually treated disease. Before HIV/AIDS, it was among the most feared to contract.
One of the symptoms of gonorrhea is local inflammation. This can affect the complete emptying of the bladder in men. It is not known if it’s the symptoms of gonorrhea or the disease itself, that increases the risk of bladder cancer in men. Being infected with gonorrhea can double a man’s risk of getting bladder cancer. Smoking also increases the risks, 65% of men who have bladder cancer, also have a history of smoking.
Tags: bladder cancer, Gonorrhea, smoking, STD
Prostrate cancer treatment has a high success rate. An alternative to one of the treatment options, surgery, is a radioactive “seed” (the size of a grain of rice) implanted into the prostate. This treatment is combined with radiotherapy for aggressive tumors and used alone as treatment for patients with a good prognosis. The study followed the survivors for 15 years and found that no other treatment surpassed the success rate of the radioactive seed treatments.
Due to variables with individuals and specific types of prostate cancer tumors all treatment options should be explored.
Tags: prostate cancer, radiotherapy, tumor