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Testicular Cancer survival statistics

This page presents testicular cancer survival statistics including one, five and ten year survival, survival by histology, and international comparisons.

One, five and ten-year testicular cancer survival rates

Since the introduction of combination chemotherapy in the 1970s, survival rates for testicular cancer have risen every year to cure rates of over 95%.

The latest population-based five- and ten-year survival rates for all patients registered in England and Wales are both 98% (Figure 3.1)1,2.

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Testicular cancer survival rates by histology

Much of the increase has been due to improvements in the treatment (see Treatment section) of (metastatic testicular cancer (Figure 3.2).

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Before 1970, only around 5% of patients with metastatic testicular cancer survived, but around 80% survive today – a highly unusual result for a metastatic solid tumour.3,4

International comparison of testicular cancer survival rates

International comparisons reveal that testicular cancer is one of the few cancers for which survival rates in the UK equal or even exceed those recorded in Europe (Figure 3.3).1

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References for testicular cancer survival

1. Coleman, M., P. Babb, and P. Damiecki, Cancer Survival Trends in England and Wales, 1971-1995: Deprivation and NHS Region. 1999> TSO>
2. Coleman, M.P. et al Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival in England and Wales up to 2001. BrJC 2004. 90 (7): p1367-73
3. Jones, R.H. and P.A. Vasey, .Part II: testicular cancer--management of advanced disease. Lancet Oncol, 2003. 4(12): p. 738-47
4. Masters, J.R. and B. Koberle, .Curing metastatic cancer: lessons from testicular germ-cell tumours. Nat Rev Cancer, 2003. 3(7): p. 517-25

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