TESTICULAR CANCER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does testicular cancer mean? 

• TESTICULAR CANCER (noun)
  The noun TESTICULAR CANCER has 1 sense:

1. malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men

  Familiarity information: TESTICULAR CANCER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TESTICULAR CANCER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

seminoma; testicular cancer

Hypernyms ("testicular cancer" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

A drug used to treat some types of testicular cancer.

(Mithracin, NCI Dictionary)

A regimen consisting of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin used for the treatment of biliary adenocarcinoma, pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular cancer and testicular cancer.

(Gemcitabine-oxaliplatin regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Cryptorchidism may increase the risk for development of testicular cancer.

(Cryptorchidism, NCI Dictionary)

A group of testicular cancers that begin in the germ cells (cells that give rise to sperm).

(Non-Seminomatous Lesion, NCI Dictionary)

A drug that is used with other drugs to treat germ cell testicular cancer that did not respond to previous treatment with other drugs.

(Ifex, NCI Dictionary)

Men with gonadal dysgenesis have a greater risk of developing testicular cancer.

(Gonadal dysgenesis, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to treat Ewing sarcoma, gestational trophoblastic tumor, Wilms tumor, and certain types of testicular cancer.

(actinomycin D, NCI Dictionary)

A regimen consisting of etoposide and cisplatin used to treat small cell and advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer; also used for the treatment of advanced-stage testicular cancer.

(EP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)