Article in Review. Characterization of Testicular Cancer Hospital General San Juan de Dios, January 2014 to June 2015.

Abstract

Introduction: Testicular tumors exhibit morphological characteristics and various clinical manifestations, 95% are germ cell tumors, they are usually classified into seminoma and nonseminoma, representing 1 to 2% of cancers in men.

Objective: To characterize testicular cancer in our population, based on their frequency, age of onset, histologic type, presenting symptoms, to know that we face when evaluating these patients.

Methods: Collecting data direct medical records of 23 patients who underwent radical orchiectomy for the period January 2014 to June 2015 in the General Hospital San Juan de Dios.

Results: A total of 23 patients were evaluated with a diagnosis of testicular tumor, the highest incidence occurred in patients ranging in age from 21-40 years (52.7%), symptom or sign was mostly presented palpable testicular mass (82% ), time to disease progression before the consultation was less than 6 months, all patients underwent radical orchiectomy, the most common pathologic diagnosis was pure seminoma with 10 patients (43.47%) of all patients, 15 showed the tumor marker hCG elevated β, 4 had elevated AFP, with 80% of patients residents of the capital city, and in 17 patients affected teste corresponded to the left (75%), 82% of patients received chemotherapy after surgical treatment, no death was not reported in the review.

Conclusion: testicular tumor is an important cause of morbidity in men, especially those not diagnosed in time, however mortality in our center is zero or equal to 0, self-examination is always recommended in males and check for any manifestation other than normal genital level.