Testicular Cancer Statistics

The American Cancer Society's estimates for testicular cancer in the United States for 2013 are:

• About 7,920 new cases of testicular cancer will be diagnosed.About 370 men will die of testicular cancer.

• The rate of testicular cancer has been increasing in the United States and many other countries. The increase is mostly in seminomas. Experts have not been able to find reasons for this increase. Lately, the rate of increase has slowed.

• Testicular cancer is not common; a man's lifetime chance of developing testicular cancer is about 1 in 270. Because treatment is so successful, the risk of dying from this cancer is very low: about 1 in 5,000.

• From 2005-2009, the median age at diagnosis for cancer of the testis was 33 years of age. Approximately 6.2% were diagnosed under age 20; 47.9% between 20 and 34; 25.7% between 35 and 44; 13.9% between 45 and 54; 4.3% between 55 and 64; 1.2% between 65 and 74; 0.6% between 75 and 84; and 0.2% 85+ years of age. It is the most common cancer in males aged 20–39 years, the period of peak incidence, and is rarely seen before the age of 15 years.