When discovered early, the cancer in the testicle is healing, because its treatment is almost always effective. Cancer in the testis can be cured even in cases where the disease has only been diagnosed at a later stage, although in this case longer treatment is required. Understand what testicular cancer is and how it is treated.
In the initial phase the oncologist should choose to use only chemotherapy, which consists of the use of drugs that will try to prevent the replication of the diseased cells, avoiding the growth of the tumor. If this form of treatment is not well accepted and the tumor continues to grow it will be recommended that the patient also undergo radiotherapy.
If with these therapies the tumor continues to grow, the chances of it creating metastases will be greater and then the doctor may choose to have the affected testicle removed through surgery. After this step, the doctor can put a prosthesis, a kind of ball inside the testicle so that the aesthetic is not impaired.
Life expectancy
Life expectancy depends on the patient's response to therapy, because in cases where the patient does not respond to therapy properly, there may be spreading to other sites of the body and consequent proliferation, characterizing metastasis.
Testicular cancer can be easily treated, even in cases of metastasis, and may even reach cure when diagnosed early. The patient's survival, which corresponds to the life expectancy after the diagnosis varies between 5 and 10 years. However, men who are diagnosed with this type of cancer usually survive longer due to the advancement of treatment techniques.
Life expectancy should be informed by the physician and varies from patient to patient according to the degree of disease development, impairment of other organs, age, general health status, and disease response to treatment.
