Department of Urologic Surgery

Cancer of the testicle is the most common cancer in men 15 to 35 years old. Men who have an undescended testicle (a testicle that has never moved down into the scrotum) are at higher risk of developing cancer of the testicle than other men. This is true even if surgery has been done to place the testicle in the appropriate place in the scrotum (orchiopexy).