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Testicular cancer - all Q&As

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1. I have testicular teratoma and am due to start treatment in the next few weeks. I am booked for a course of chemotherapy (BEP) and am worried that I should be storing sperm. I am 24 years old and married with one son, but we were planning to try for more children. I know now isn't a good time to be trying for children, but it is a concern for the future.

last reviewed: 01.09.2004

2. What is a Leydig cell tumour of the testis?

last reviewed: 01.09.2004

3. I have read several newspaper articles recommending self examination as a way of finding cancer of the testicles at any early stage. But none of these has been very clear about exactly what you should do and what you should be looking for. Can you help?

last reviewed: 01.04.2005

4. Can you tell me something about male hormones and what they do?

last reviewed: 25.06.2007

5. I have been told I have testicular cancer and will need to have one of my testicles removed. Does this mean I will have to have hormone replacement therapy afterwards?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

6. What tests can doctors do to tell if a man needs hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after treatment for a testicular cancer?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

7. What are the side effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for men?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

8. I am 18 and have recently found a lump on one of my testicles. Could this be cancer? What should I do? What will happen?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

9. After having had testicular cancer will I still be able to play sport?

last reviewed: 21.03.2005

10. If I have had testicular cancer does that make me more susceptible to other types of cancer?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

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