Treatment Not Testicular Cancer Poses Greatest Risk To Survivors' Long-term Health

Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 09:28 in Health & Medicine

Testicular cancer survivors can face an increased risk of long-term illness, not because of the malignancy, but the highly effective treatment they receive. As many as a quarter of survivors develop long-term neurological, hearing and circulation problems. And they are twice as likely to develop a secondary cancer. On a more positive note, up to 80 percent who attempt to become fathers after treatment are successful.

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