Testicular Cancer Symptoms and Treatment

Boys may be protected against testicular cancer if mothers had gestational hypertension

Women who experience severe gestational hypertension may give birth to boys at lower risk for testicular cancer, although the exact reasons why are still unclear, according to a paper published in the November 1, 2008, issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Andreas Pettersson, M.D., a doctoral student at [...]

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Testicular Cancer Gauge Often Not Used

A standard part of testicular cancer care isn’t used in more than half of all patients who have the condition, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found. Serum-based tumor markers, which are one indicator of the presence of cancer cells, are helpful in several aspects of the care of patients with [...]

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