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Key Statistics for Testicular Cancer
The American Cancer Society’s estimates for testicular cancer in the United States for 2024 are:
- About 9,760 new cases of testicular cancer diagnosed
- About 500 deaths from testicular cancer
The incidence rate of testicular cancer has been increasing in the US and many other countries for several decades. The increase is mostly in seminomas. Experts have not been able to find reasons for this. Lately, the rate of increase has slowed.
Testicular cancer is not common: about 1 of every 250 males will develop testicular cancer at some point during their lifetime.
The average age of males when first diagnosed with testicular cancer is about 33. This is largely a disease of young and middle-aged men, but about 6% of cases occur in children and teens, and about 8% occur in men older than 55.
Because testicular cancer usually can be treated successfully, a man’s lifetime risk of dying from this cancer is very low: about 1 in 5,000 . If you would like to know more about survival statistics, see Testicular cancer survival rates.
Visit the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics Center for more key statistics.
The American Cancer Society medical and editorial content team
Our team is made up of doctors and oncology certified nurses with deep knowledge of cancer care as well as editors and translators with extensive experience in medical writing.
American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2024. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2024.
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SEER Cancer Stat Facts: Testicular cancer . National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD, https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/testis.html. Accessed January 5, 2018.
Last Revised: January 17, 2024
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