Unfortunately it's an elusive target. For some reason germ cells develop less resistance to chemotherapy drugs than do other types of cancer cells, and the human immune system is less weakened by testicular cancer. I'm just glad that my 15 minutes of fame has allowed Lance to win the Tour de France and thousands of other young men to pursue their own destinies. This is not to say that testicular cancer is a walk in the park. The inevitable first line of therapy is to lop off the testicle in question.
Doctors order the surgery done immediately after diagnosis because testicular cancer grows fast.
The guillotine-like swiftness of the act accounts for the black humor, reeking of testosterone and fear, that prevails in the precincts of this cancer. You're a single man swinging free in the city and all of a sudden somebody's gonna whack off your nut. Depending on the cell type and advance of the cancer, about a third of all testicular cancer patients get radiation. Perhaps half get two to four sessions of chemotherapy lasting up to three months. The chemotherapy regime has improved considerably over the past 20 years, dulling many of the side effects.