{"id":36917,"date":"2021-04-11T19:09:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T09:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hudson.org.au?post_type=disease&p=36917"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T04:56:56","slug":"testicular-cancer","status":"publish","type":"disease","link":"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/disease\/cancer\/testicular-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Testicular cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Testicular cancer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The incidence of testicular cancer is rising worldwide at two per cent per year for the last 50 years, for unknown reasons. Younger men, aged between 20 and 40 years, have the highest risk of developing testicular cancer, the second most common cancer in this age group.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What is testicular cancer?<\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n
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Testicular cancer appears as a painless hard lump or swelling on a testicle, part of a man\u2019s reproductive system. It can be a lump, the size of pea or much larger. The lump is a growth or tumour formed by abnormal cells that have multiplied. Most testicular lumps are not cancer.<\/p>\n

What are the types of testicular cancer?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

There are different types of testicular cancer, depending on which type of cell the cancer starts in. Testicular cancers from reproductive cells are the most common. These are called testicular germ cell tumours.<\/p>\n

Ninety-five per cent of testicular cancers are germ cell tumours, starting in the so called \u2018germ cells\u2019 that normally develop into sperm. There are two main sub-types of germ cell tumours:<\/p>\n