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Testicular Cancer
What Increases Your Risk
Some things may increase your chances of getting testicular cancer. These risk factors include:
- An Reference undescended testicle Opens New Window. This is a testicle that has not moved down (descended) from the abdomen into the Reference scrotum Opens New Window.
- Reference Klinefelter syndrome Opens New Window. This is a genetic disorder that affects males.
- A personal or Reference family history Opens New Window of testicular cancer.
Most men who get testicular cancer don't have any known risk factors.
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