Testicular Cancer - What Increases Your Risk
Some things may increase your chances of getting testicular cancer. These risk factors include:
- An undescended testicle (cryptorchidism). This is a testicle that has not moved down (descended) from the abdomen into the scrotum. Normally the testicles descend before or soon after birth. Surgery is usually done to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum. This makes it possible to check the testicle over time.
- Klinefelter syndrome. This is a genetic disorder that affects males. Normally, males have one X and one Y chromosome. Males with Klinefelter syndrome have at least two X chromosomes and, in rare cases, as many as three or four.
- A personal or family history of testicular cancer.
Most men who get testicular cancer don't have any known risk factors.
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