Cancer Articles (Dr. S.N White)

How is testicular cancer usually discovered? Most testicular cancers are discovered by patients themselves, by accident or by practicing a simple exam known as TSE or testicular self examination. TSE is usually done once a month, during or soon after a warm bath or shower. While standing, the man gently rolls one testicle between his thumb and fingers, checking for lumps, swelling or other changes. The process is repeated for the other testicle. Is testicular cancer a common type of cancer? No, it is not. Testicular cancer actually accounts for only 1 percent of all cancer in males and about 3 percent of cancer of the male urogenital organs. However, in the age group where it occurs in white men from 20 to 34 it is the most common cancer, accounting for 22 percent of all cancers for this age group. It is also the second most common cancer in men from ages 35 to 39 and the third most common from 15 to 19. Thanks to treatment advances in the last 10 years, testicular cancer is c...

The testes are egg-shaped glands situated in the scrotum. They produce spermatozoa. The sperm is collected at the back of the testicles in a maze of coiled tubes called the epididymis. It then travels up toward the seminal vesicles and prostate through a long tube known as the vas deferens. The two testes (testes or testicles) are the male gonads. Each of them hangs freely on the funiculus within the scrotum (scrotum). within the testicles , sperm and testosterone, the male steroid hormone , are produced for all times in men. What are the testicles?   The paired testicles (testicles) are a part of the interior male genital organs and therefore the production sites of the seminal threads (sperm). they need an elongated shape and a mean diameter of three centimeters. they're flattened on the edges , about four centimeters long and 25 to 30 grams in weight. the top of the epididymis lies at the upper end of every testicle, the rear of the epididymis body. The size of the te...

Scrotal Swellings The testicles are outside the abdominal cavity because the growth and formation of normal spermatozoa require a cooler temperature than that inside the body cavity. These organs exhibit normal retraction within the scrotum , so they tend to be retracted upward under conditions of stimulation and excessive cold. A patient may be totally unaware of the normal shape, feel and contents of his scrotal sac; an assumed abnormality may be something completely normal. On the other hand, the scrotal contents are subject to a large variety of both serious and minor disorders which require accurate early diagnosis for proper management and correction. Therefore any presumed abnormality, swelling , discoloration or pain should be promptly investigated. What causes sudden scrotal swelling in children?  Acute scrotal swelling in infancy and childhood is a fact. The young testicle can sometimes be so loosely anchored that it turns on itself and can twist off its blood su...