It is a rare cancer (about 1% of all cancers) but in all countries with a cancer registry and / or testicular tumors, prostate cancer is increasing for several decades [1] and also cancer the most common cancer in men 15 to 35 years.
Both testes are rarely affected simultaneously (1 to 2% of cases), and after recovery from testicular cancer, the risk of developing cancer in the other testicle is 2 to 5% within 25 years [2] .

The chemotherapy platinum salts has since the 1970s dramatically changed the prognosis of this disease, nearly 80% of these cancers are now cured (all stages combined). Successful treatment depends on the type of cancer and quality of care, it justified to send patients to specialized centers.

The futurists epidemiology in Canada believe that “It is quite likely that the incidence of testicular cancer continue to increase (we do not know why) and that the incidence of mesothelioma and mortality is not associated cease to grow. “