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Testicular Cancer Care

When you’re a patient at Providence, we don’t just treat your testicular cancer – we treat you. We use the most advanced treatments to create a highly personalized care plan. We also support you and your loved ones with a full range of services throughout your entire cancer journey. The result is effective, whole-person care for your body, mind and spirit.

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About Testicular Cancer

Testicular cancer is a urologic cancer that forms in the male testes and can affect males at any age, though it is most commonly seen in younger patients. The expert oncology teams at Providence use the most effective therapies to treat patients with every type of testicular cancer and its related conditions.

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Testing and Diagnostics

Personalized Treatment for Testicular Cancer

We take a team approach to your testicular cancer treatment because we know this offers the best success in controlling and curing cancer. Your multidisciplinary cancer care team will work with you to design an individualized cancer care plan, from diagnosis to post-treatment support. We offer many different therapies across our Providence locations. Depending on your condition, your personal care plan may include one or more of the following:

Systemic Therapies

Systemic therapies travel through the bloodstream and affect cells in other body parts. They are used for patients whose cancer has spread to other areas of the body or if there’s a high risk of spread. Sophisticated genetic analysis allows us to target therapies to specific DNA mutations that cause cancer cells to develop and grow. Systemic therapies include:

Autologous stem cell transplant
Chemotherapy
Clinical trials
Immunotherapy

Surgical Therapies

Surgical therapies involve an operation or procedure to remove cancer from the body. Surgery may be the main treatment for some invasive cancers, but it’s only one part of the entire treatment plan. Surgical therapies include:

Radical inguinal orchiectomy
Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection

Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation from a source like X-rays or photons to kill cancer cells or shrink tumors. It may be part of a treatment plan that also includes systemic therapies and/or surgery. Radiation is sometimes used to help ease a patient’s pain or discomfort. Radiation therapies include:

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)/volumetric arc therapy (VMAT) Note: This advanced therapy is not available at all Providence locations.
Radiopharmaceuticals (y-90) Note: This advanced therapy is not available at all Providence locations.
Surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT/SGIRT) Note: This advanced therapy is not available at all Providence locations.
Stereotactic radiation (SABR/SBRT) Note: This advanced therapy is not available at all Providence locations.
Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT)

Additional Therapies

Additional therapies may also be part of the treatment plan for a small number of patients. These may include:

Sperm banking

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Accreditations

We are proud to see our dedication to our cancer patients recognized by some of the most well-respected programs and institutions in the United States. Several of our Providence locations have achieved the following accreditations: