Evaluation of General Features of Patients with Testicular Cancer

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Objective: Testicular cancers (Tca) are most common in men aged 20-34. Despite the increase in its incidence, the mortality rate from Tca decreases. In our study, it was aimed to evaluate the general characteristics, the treatments and survival of the patients who were followed up and treated with the diagnosis of Tca. Materials and Methods: In this study, patients who were admitted to Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital and Abant İzzet Baysal University, Medical Faculty, Medical Oncology Outpatient Clinic between January 2004 and December 2014 with the diagnosis of Tca, were evaluated retrospectively. Results: In 324 (96.7%) of 332 patients included in the study with the diagnosis of Tca, testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) was present. Of the patients, 150 (46.3%) had seminoma and 174 (53.7%) had non-seminoma tumors. The median age of patients with TGCT was 32 (minimum 18-maximum 81) years. Non-seminoma group was diagnosed at a younger age (p 0.05). Conclusion: The majority of our patients were diagnosed at an early stage and were in the good prognostic group. Most of our patients survived during our followup period.