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If testicular cancer spreads
Cancer cells can spread from the testicle to other parts of the body. This spread is called metastasis.
Understanding how a type of cancer usually grows and spreads helps your healthcare team plan your treatment and future care. If testicular cancer spreads, it can spread to the following:
- lymph nodes in the back of the abdomen (called retroperitoneal lymph nodes)
- lymph nodes around the main blood vessel in the body (called para-aortic lymph nodes)
- distant lymph nodes in the pelvis, mediastinum or base of the neck
- lungs
- liver
- bones
- brain
mediastinum
The space in the chest between the lungs, breastbone and spine that contains the heart, great blood vessels, thymus, trachea (windpipe), esophagus and lymph nodes.
Great progress has been made
Some cancers, such as thyroid and testicular, have survival rates of over 90%. Other cancers, such as pancreatic, brain and esophageal, continue to have very low survival rates.
