In most cases, surgery is done to remove the testicle. Sometimes it also is necessary to remove lymph nodes in the abdomen. In addition, tumors that have spread to other parts of the body may be partly or entirely removed by surgery. Radiation therapy . The patient usually receives radiation therapy as an outpatient.
Seminomas are highly sensitive to radiation.
Following surgery, men with seminomas generally have radiation therapy to their abdominal lymph nodes. Nonseminomas are somewhat less sensitive to radiation. Patients with this type of cancer usually have other types of treatment. The use of drugs to treat cancer is called chemotherapy. Anticancer drugs are recommended when there are signs that the cancer has spread.