Exposure to pollution may also be a factor. Treatment Treatment depends on whether the cancer has spread. It can be treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and regular monitoring. One method or a combination of methods may be used. Through surgery, the testicle and sometimes infected lymph nodes are removed.
Radiation therapy targets high-energy rays at the cancer to stop it growing.
Seminomas are highly sensitive to radiation, but nonseminomas are not. There are side effects linked to treatment. Many men worry that losing one testicle will affect their ability to have sexual intercourse or make them sterile. But a man with one healthy testicle can still have a normal erection and produce sperm. Men can also have an artificial testicle, called a prosthesis, placed in the scrotum.