November 24, 2021
Tag: Testicular Cancer
April 27, 2021
UroToday: Survivorship in Testicular Cancer – Mary Dunn
February 16, 2015
Jason Huckaby
In 1991, Jason Huckaby was an active college student in his third year at NC State. The chemical engineering major and avid mountain biker thought he had pulled a muscle but the pain didn’t subside. He visited a student health physician who immediately referred him to a Raleigh hospital where he was diagnosed with Stage 1 seminoma, a type of testicular cancer. He underwent surgery and then radiation at a second Raleigh facility.
January 14, 2015
Daniel Fischler
Daniel Fischler remembers the call. “When a doctor calls you at 10:30 on a Friday night, it’s not going to be good news.” He had undergone an MRI for a herniated disc, but when the test revealed a shadow on his left bowel, a CT was ordered. Then came the call from his doctor. “He told me that it was very likely a tumor. I was knocked out, shocked by the bad news.”
February 16, 2013
Nathan Ladd
Nathan Ladd thought he had sprained a groin muscle during his work with the Currituck Golf Club in Corolla, NC in May of 2006. Ice and Ibuprofen didn’t relieve the pain, and the 28-year-old noticed that his testicle was swollen and hard, so he went to a doctor.
February 29, 2012
Testicular cancer treatment, one patient’s story
UNC Lineberger patient David Alston talks about the treatment he is undergoing for testicular cancer.