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Signs and symptoms of testicular cancer
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Orchidectomy
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Side effects of surgery (orchidectomy)
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Surveillance:
- Surveillance after teratoma
- Surveillance after seminoma

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Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 2001; orchidectomy. No secondary tumours but 8 treatments of radiotherapy to prevent recurrence.

Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 31 - 40 >> Interview 40 >> Explains that he assumed that surveillance was the best option for him and that he was shocked to learn about a recurrence.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) diagnosed in 1997. Orchidectomy, followed by active monitoring (surveillance). Then secondary tumour found in the spermatic cord. Surgery to remove the tumour and 4 cycles of chemotherapy, each cycle with 7 days in hospital and 14 days at home.

Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 20 - 30 >> Interview 42 >> Recalls that one doctor spoke to his parents instead of to him, and that nurses were better at communicating.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) and secondary tumours diagnosed in 1994. Orchidectomy and 5 cycles of chemotherapy (each with 3 or 4 days in hospital and two weeks at home). In Feb. 1995 major surgery (left thoraco-abdominal retroperitoneal lymph node dissection) to remove a secondary tumour in the abdomen, near to the spine.

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