Testicular Cancer In Men Might Increase The Risk Of Prostate Cancer

Men with testicular cancer are at an increased risk of prostate cancer, says Dr Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui, an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Men with testicular cancer should talk to their physicians about assessing the risk of prostate cancer, said Siddiqui.

The testicular cancer is the cancer that develops in the germ line of the male testicles that are responsible for production of sperm. The prostatic cancer is the cancer that is seen in the prostate glands present below the urinary bladder, in front of the rectum in men. The prostate produce fluid to protect and nourish the sperms in the semen and also makes the semen more liquid in nature. There are several types of cells present in the prostate, but almost all cancers develop from gland cells, says the American Cancer Society.

The researchers analysed the information from nearly 180,000 Americans and found that 12.6 percent of the patients with testicular cancer developed prostate cancer at 80. About only 2.8 percent men developed prostate cancer without prior incidence of testicular cancer, said the researcher.

Men who had testicular cancer were found to develop immediate or high-risk prostate cancer at 5.8 percent than their counterparts at 1.1 percent who had no testicular cancer. The risk of developing prostate cancer is 4.7 times high and that of immediate or high-risk prostate cancer is 5.2 times high in men with testicular cancer, said philly.com.

The researcher also clarified that the rate of developing immediate or high-risk prostate cancer is low where 95 percent of men with testicular cancer are not affected by the prostate cancer. He also added that it is too early to come to any conclusion with just one study, but the research provides the ground work for assessing the link between the prostate and testicular cancers.

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