NOVEMBER YOU MIGHT KNOW IT AS THE TIME WHEN MEN GROW OR TRY TO GROW THEIR MUSTACHES BUT
IT’S ACTUALLY ABOUT SOMETHING
MUCH MORE SERIOUS THIS MONTH IS
SET APART TO RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT MEN’S
HEALTH ISSUES LIKE PROSTATE
CANCER SUICIDE AND TESTICULAR
CANCER TESTICULAR CANCER IS THE
MOST COMMON CANCER IN
AMERICAN MEN BETWEEN THE AGES
OF 1535.
JOINING ME NOW IS DOCTOR
TIMOTHY LION A UROLOGIST FROM
MAYO CLINIC DOCTOR LYON THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US
THIS MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME NOW ABSOLUTELY
WHAT IS TESTICULAR CANCER AND
HOW COMMON IS IT.
>> SO TO CIRCULAR CANCER COURSE
IS A CANCER THAT ARISES IN
THE TESTABLE AND IT’S NOT VERY
COMMON WE DIAGNOSE SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 9 10,000 NEW CASES IN
THE UNITED STATES
EVERY YEAR. SO FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL MAN THAT CORRESPONDS
TO A RISK OF ABOUT ONE IN 250
BEING DIAGNOSED WITH
THE DISEASE. HOWEVER, THE
RELATIVELY UNIQUE THING ABOUT
TESTICULAR CANCER IS A DISEASE
OF YOUNG MEN AND IN FACT IT IS
THE MOST COMMON CANCER OR SALAD
OR GET CANCER. MEN BETWEEN THE
AGES OF 1535.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND IS IT
SOMETHING THAT I KNOW YOU KNOW
YOU’RE
TOLD THAT YOU SHOULD FEEL ALONG
THE SIZE OF
A PEA ARE THERE INSTANCES WHERE
SOMEONE, A MAN CAN HAVE HAVE
TESTICULAR CANCER BUT NOT HAVE
THAT PEA SIZED LUMP.
>> SURE SO THE THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOM OF TESTICULAR CANCER AS YOU SAID IT IS IS A SOLID MASS
IN THE TEST OR A LUMP OR BUMP.
AND MOST COMMONLY IT’S
NOT PAINFUL. WHICH I DON’T
THINK ALL
MEN REALIZE SOMETIMES IT CAN BE
SAID HE SIZED
SOMETIMES LARGER AND CAN
OCCASIONALLY BE ASSOCIATE WITH
PAIN. SO I WOULD SAY THAT
ANY MAN IT FEELS AN ABNORMALITY
IN THE TEST TO GO PARTICULARLY
IF IT’S GROWING OR CHANGING
SHOULD TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY AND
BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF
A PHYSICIAN.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: OBVIOUSLY WHEN
YOU GO TO THAT POSITION AND YOU
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND GO
THE EXAM TO
DIAGNOSE OR FIND OUT WHAT IT IS
NOT ALWAYS JUST BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A LONG MEANS YOU HAVE I
TESTICULAR CANCER BUT AT WHAT
POINT SHOULD. SOMEONE GO TO
THEIR DOCTOR ABOUT THIS.
>> SURE ABSOLUTELY SO AGAIN ANY TIME YOU COME AND FEEL SOMETHING ABNORMAL AND THAT HAS
TO GO.
I WOULD CALL AND BRING IT TO
THE ATTENTION OF THE HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONAL. USUALLY THE
FIRST STEP IN DIAGNOSIS.
IF THERE IS A SUSPICIOUS
MASSES. AN ULTRASOUND. THAT’S A
NONINVASIVE
IMAGING TEST WHERE WE USE ON
WAYS TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF
WHAT’S GOING ON INSIDE THE TEST
OF COOL. THE GOOD NEWS IS AS YOU STATED MOST THINGS MEN FEEL ARE NOT JUST A
KILLER CANCER. THERE ARE LOTS
OF CYST I LEIGHTON BAINES OF
THE THINGS THAT COULD BE GOING
ON. SO THE OFFICE AND USUALLY
GIVE US A BETTER PICTURE OF
WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING WHAT
ANY TO COME NEXT IS TESTICULAR
CANCER, ONE CURABLE AND DOES IT
IMPACT FERTILITY.
THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT
TESTICULAR CANCER ISN’T VERY
TREATABLE AND MOST
CASES CURABLE. THE LONG-TERM
SURVIVAL IS ABOUT 95% FOR ALL
COMERS. AND FOR STAGE ONE
DISEASE IF IT’S CONFINED TO THE
TESTICLES ACTUALLY 99%. SO MOST
MEN CAN CAN EXPECT AN EXCELLENT
TREATMENT OUT. BUT KIERAN
HUGHES HOW I’M SORRY.
THE QUESTION ABOUT
IS ABSOLUTELY AN IMPORTANT
CONSIDERATION BOTH IT’S A GOOD
CANCER AND ITS TREATMENTS CAN
IMPACT FERTILITY. THAT’S
SOMETHING YOU NEED TO DISCUSS
WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN, BUT THE
GOOD NEWS IS FOR MOST MEN THAT
HAVE A NORMAL TESTIGO ON THE
OTHER SIDE INITIAL THERAPY FOR
TESTICULAR CANCER IS UNLIKELY
TO CAUSE LONG-TERM ISSUES WITH
FERTILITY. THAT’S REALLY
AWESOME TO HEAR AND AGAIN.
>> DETECTION
IS KEY AS SOON AS YOU FEEL
SOMETHING GO TO YOUR DOCTOR HAD
THAT CONVERSATION
BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT
IS FOR THAT CANCER TO SPREAD TO
OTHER ORGANS INTO YOUR LYMPH
NODES WHEN IT BECOMES
MORE SERIOUS.
>> THAT THAT’S ABSOLUTELY
CORRECT. YOU KNOW TREATMENT
OUTCOMES ARE BETTER THAT
EARLIER FOUND WE ALSO KNOW THAT
YOUNG MAN 15 TO 35 USUALLY ARE TOO WORRIED ABOUT THE RISK OF HAVING CANCER MAY NOT HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POSITION
THAT THE DISGUSTING THINGS
REGULARLY. SO I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG MEN AND
THEIR FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT
THIS CAN HAPPEN TO THEM AND AS
YOU STATED THEY FEEL SOMETHING
CALL GET IT