Testicular Cancer?

[Dave W]

Following a discussion with the Mrs last night she was under the impression it was rife amongst cyclists. Lance Armstrong and now Ivan Bassso and me. Is it common? I wasn't aware that it affected cyclists more than anyone else.

[tatanab]

This article on BBC about Basso and cancer lists a number of footballers who have had it. So by extrapolation I would say that footballers are more prone than cyclists. Obviously a problem with ball games.

edit - sorry, I forgot to add the link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/33509974

[Postboxer]

Almost half of all cases of testicular cancer are in men between the ages of 20 and 34. Testicular cancer is not common; a man's lifetime chance of getting it is about 1 in 263. The risk of dying from this cancer is about 1 in 5,000. Testicular cancer can be treated and usually cured, especially when it's found early.29 Jan 2015
Some facts about testicular cancer - American Cancer Society

From Google, so nearly half of all cases are from the ages of the peleton, so around 1 in 600 cyclists will get it during their career? Lance Armstrong was years ago, so maybe about average? Unless there are more cases?

[Postboxer]

There are a lot more well known footballers than cyclists too, so it follows that there should be more cases.

[martinn]

The last audit I did of my ultrasound cases, out of 2000 scans that I did over a 30 month period, there were 22 tumors. I didnt record their occupaton or hobby, but I dont think that is likley to be a factor.
Bearing in mind that these are the sysmptomatic cases and most "lumps" turn out to be simple epididymal cysts, so its not common, but it is very treatable if caught early enough.
The bell curve of occurence in my study was between 18 and 45, but there was a single case in their late 60s

Martin