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Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Testicular Cancer Survivors

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Cancer Survivorship

Abstract

Testicular cancer (TC) is the most frequent malignancy in men between 20 and 40 years of age, and the annual incidence rates are continuously increasing in the Western world.1 Since the introduction of cisplatin-based chemotherapy, at least 90% of the patients are cured,2 and testicular cancer survivors (TCSs) currently have a life expectancy similar to that of age-matched normal men, with posttreatment life spans of 30 to 50 years. Thus, an increasing number of TCSs experience survivorship problems related to the malignancy, its treatment, or both.

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Fosså, S.D., Travis, L.B., Dahl, A.A. (2007). Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Testicular Cancer Survivors. In: Ganz, P.A. (eds) Cancer Survivorship. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68265-5_9

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