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What Are the Symptoms of Testicular Cancer?

The earliest warning signs of testicular cancer usually include:

• A change in size or shape of a testicle.
• Swelling or thickening of a testicle.
• A firm, smooth, initially painless, slow-growing lump or hardness in a testicle.
• A feeling of testicular heaviness.

• Testicular pain.
• A sudden gathering of fluid in the scrotum.
• An abdominal mass or abdominal pain.
• Loss of weight or appetite; fatigue; lower-back pain; tenderness in the nipples or breast enlargement.
• Infertility.

You detect any sort of unusual lump, nodule, pain or swelling in either testicle. You should have a thorough physical examination as soon as possible in case the abnormality is cancer. Remember, testicular cancer discovered early has the highest likelihood of a cure.