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PrintWhat young men need to know about testicular cancer
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By Jennifer O'Hara
April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month. While testicular cancer is rare compared with other types of cancer, it is the most common cancer in American males ages 15 to 35. Testicular cancer is highly treatable, even when cancer has spread beyond the testicle. Several treatments or a combination of treatments are available, and long-term survival rates are greater than 90%.
In this "Mayo Clinic Q&A" podcast video, Dr. Matthew Ziegelmann, a Mayo Clinic urologist, discusses diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer:
A version of this article was originally published on the Mayo Clinic News Network.
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