What are the causes of testicular cancer

What are the causes of testicular cancer? Some male friends are very scared when they learn that their friends have testicular cancer. They are afraid that they will also suffer from this disease. It will be a very painful thing and make people unable to sleep or eat, but they don’t know what causes it. Later, I will answer these friends about the causes of testicular cancer.

Testicular cancer occurs in testicular tissue, has a complex pathological origin, and is relatively rare clinically, accounting for about 1% of all male malignant tumors. The main incidence population is young men in their fertility peak, so it has a relatively large impact on society. However, the cure rate of testicular cancer is very high, with a survival rate of 95% or even higher. Therefore, in the field of oncology, testicular cancer is a very important malignant tumor.

Although many data suggest that the occurrence of testicular tumors may be related to testicular trauma, endocrine disorders, genetics and infection, there is a lack of sufficient evidence.

So far, the most convincing evidence is the relationship between incomplete testicular descent (cryptorchidism) and testicular tumors. A large amount of data confirms that the malignant transformation rate of cryptorchidism, especially abdominal cryptorchidism, is much higher than that of normal descended testicles. It is 3 to 14 times the incidence rate of normal people. It is currently believed that factors such as abnormal testicular germ cells, elevated temperature, blood supply disorders, endocrine disorders, and gonadal dysgenesis may be related to the malignant transformation of cryptorchidism.

The relationship between cryptorchidism and testicular tumors has attracted the attention of scholars from all over the world, who emphasize that testicular fixation before the age of 6 is an effective measure to prevent cryptorchidism from becoming malignant, and has achieved significant results. The incidence of cryptorchidism in China is similar to that in other countries, but the proportion of cryptorchid tumors is significantly higher than that in other countries, which may be related to the fact that testicular traction fixation has not yet been widely performed on cryptorchid children before school age in China.