Nonseminomatous germ cell tumors

Cáncer de testículo - Introducción

EN ESTA PÁGINA: encontrará información básica sobre esta enfermedad y las partes del cuerpo que puede afectar. Esta es la primera página de la Guía para el cáncer de testículo de Cancer.Net. Use el menú para ver otras páginas. Piense en ese menú como un mapa para recorrer la guía completa.

El cáncer de testículo se origina cuando las células sanas en un testículo cambian y proliferan sin control, y forman una masa llamada tumor. Un tumor canceroso es maligno, lo cual significa que puede diseminarse a otras partes del cuerpo.

Testicular Cancer - Diagnosis

ON THIS PAGE: You will find a list of common tests, procedures, and scans that doctors use to find the cause of a medical problem. Use the menu to see other pages.

Doctors use many tests to find, or diagnose, cancer. They also do tests to learn if cancer has spread to another part of the body from where it started. If the cancer has spread, it is called metastasis. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.

Testicular Cancer - Introduction

ON THIS PAGE: You will find some basic information about this disease and the parts of the body it may affect. This is the first page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Testicular Cancer. Use the menu to see other pages. Think of that menu as a roadmap for this entire guide.

Testicular cancer begins when healthy cells in a testicle change and grow out of control, forming a mass called a malignant tumor. The term "malignant" means that the tumor can spread to other parts of the body.

Another name for testicular cancer is testis cancer.

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