The Need to Know in Cardio-Oncology
T esticular cancer (TC) is the most common cancer in men between 14 and 44 years old, with the predominance of cases in Western countries.The incidence of TC is <1 affected individual per 100,000 men in large areas of Africa and Asia, but it is as high as 9.9 affected per 100,000 men in Norway.Approximately 70% of men have stage 1 disease at diagnosis.While geographic variation exists, for stage 1 disease the overall 5-year survival rate is 95%, and the cancer-specific survival rate at 15 years is >99%. 1 Even with advanced stage 2 and
Authors
- Lavanya Kondapalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3507-2296)
- Elizabeth Riley Kessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7285-867X)
- Caitlin Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7352-142X)
Institutions
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Case Reports
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.107388
- Primary Topic
- Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00