During the health history interview with a 40-year-old male patient who was raised in South Korea, the patient mentions that he has undescended testes that had not been corrected in his childhood and is concerned about getting cancer.The nurse informs the patient that:

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The overall incidence is rare, but testicular cancer occurs most commonly in men 15 to 29 years of age.Other risk factors include delayed descent of the testicles (if not corrected early), family or personal history of testicular cancer, and abnormal development of the testicle.True cryptorchidism occurs when the testes have never descended.Men with undescended testicles (cryptorchidism) are therefore at risk for the development of testicular cancer.The overall incidence of testicular cancer is rare.Although testicular cancer has no early symptoms, if detected early through palpation and treated before it metastasizes, the cure rate is almost 100%.

During the Health History Interview with a 40-Year-Old Male Patient